scholarly journals Analysis of a fully discrete finite element method for the phase field model and approximation of its sharp interface limits

2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (246) ◽  
pp. 541-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobing Feng ◽  
Andreas Prohl
PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. e35987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Gil Cho ◽  
Jin-You Kim ◽  
Hoon-Hwe Cho ◽  
Pil-Ryung Cha ◽  
Dong-Woo Suh ◽  
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Author(s):  
chuanjun chen ◽  
Xiaofeng Yang

We construct a fully-discrete finite element numerical scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard phase-field model of the two-phase incompressible flow system with variable density and viscosity. The scheme is linear, decoupled, and unconditionally energy stable. Its key idea is to combine the penalty method of the Navier-Stokes equations with the Strang operator splitting method, and introduce several nonlical variables and their ordinary differential equations to process coupled nonlinear terms. The scheme is highly efficient and it only needs to solve a series of completely independent linear elliptic equations at each time step, in which the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the pressure Poisson equation only have constant coefficients. We rigorously prove the unconditional energy stability and solvability of the scheme and carry out numerous accuracy/stability examples and various benchmark numerical simulations in 2D and 3D, including the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and rising/coalescence dynamics of bubbles to demonstrate the effectiveness of the scheme, numerically.


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