A fourth-order spatial accurate and practically stable compact scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation

Chaeyoung Lee, Darae Jeong, Jaemin Shin, Yibao Li, Junseok Kim

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Abstract

We present a fourth-order spatial accurate and practically stable compact difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation. The compact scheme is derived by combining a compact nine-point formula and linearly stabilized splitting scheme. The resulting system of discrete equations is solved by a multigrid method. Numerical experiments are conducted to verify the practical stability and fourth-order accuracy of the proposed scheme. We also demonstrate that the compact scheme is more robust and efficient than the non-compact fourth-order scheme by applying to parallel computing and adaptive mesh refinement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17-28
Number of pages12
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume409
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Sept 1

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The corresponding author (J.S. Kim) was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education ( NRF-2011-0023794 ). The authors thank the reviewers for the constructive and helpful comments on the revision of this article.

Keywords

  • Adaptive mesh refinement
  • Cahn-Hilliard equation
  • Fourth-order compact scheme
  • Multigrid
  • Parallel computing
  • Practically stable scheme

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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