A finite element method for Allen-Cahn equation on deforming surface

DOI10.1016/J.CAMWA.2021.03.018arXiv2007.09531MaRDI QIDQ6345374FDOQ6345374

Authors: Maxim A. Olshanskii, Xianmin Xu, Vladimir Yushutin 

Publication date: 18 July 2020

Abstract: The paper studies an Allen-Cahn-type equation defined on a time-dependent surface as a model of phase separation with order-disorder transition in a thin material layer. By a formal inner-outer expansion, it is shown that the limiting behavior of the solution is a geodesic mean curvature type flow in reference coordinates. A geometrically unfitted finite element method, known as a trace FEM, is considered for the numerical solution of the equation. The paper provides full stability analysis and convergence analysis that accounts for interpolation errors and an approximate recovery of the geometry.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) PDEs with low regular coefficients and/or low regular data (35R05) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) PDEs in connection with geophysics (35Q86)

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