Computationally efficient solution to the Cahn-Hilliard equation: Adaptive implicit time schemes, mesh sensitivity analysis and the 3D isoperimetric problem

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2011.04.012zbMath1416.65364MaRDI QIDQ551031

Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Olga Wodo

Publication date: 13 July 2011

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.04.012

zbMATH Keywords

Cahn-Hilliard equation; isoperimetric problem; spinodal decomposition; numerical analysis; adaptive time stepping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

Uses Software

• PETSc
• MUMPS
• Surface Evolver