An unconditionally gradient stable numerical method for the Ohta-Kawasaki model

Junseok Kim, Jaemin Shin

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    7 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    We present a finite difference method for solving the Ohta- Kawasaki model, representing a model of mesoscopic phase separation for the block copolymer. The numerical methods for solving the Ohta- Kawasaki model need to inherit the mass conservation and energy dissipation properties. We prove these characteristic properties and solvability and unconditionally gradient stability of the scheme by using Hessian matrices of a discrete functional. We present numerical results that validate the mass conservation, and energy dissipation, and unconditional stability of the method.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)145-158
    Number of pages14
    JournalBulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
    Volume54
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The first author was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (NRF-2014R1A2A2A01003683). The second author was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2009-0093827).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2017 Korean Mathematical Society.

    Keywords

    • Block-copolymer
    • Ohta-kawasaki model
    • Solvability
    • Unconditionally gradient stability

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Mathematics

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'An unconditionally gradient stable numerical method for the Ohta-Kawasaki model'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this