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

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2011.04.012zbMath1416.65364OpenAlexW1991825492MaRDI 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 equationisoperimetric problemspinodal decompositionnumerical analysisadaptive time stepping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Uses Software

• PETSc
• MUMPS
• Surface Evolver

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