Unconditionally energy stable second-order numerical scheme for the Allen–Cahn equation with a high-order polynomial free energy

Junseok Kim, Hyun Geun Lee

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Abstract

In this article, we consider a temporally second-order unconditionally energy stable computational method for the Allen–Cahn (AC) equation with a high-order polynomial free energy potential. By modifying the nonlinear parts in the governing equation, we have a linear convex splitting scheme of the energy for the high-order AC equation. In addition, by combining the linear convex splitting with a strong-stability-preserving implicit–explicit Runge–Kutta (RK) method, the proposed method is linear, temporally second-order accurate, and unconditionally energy stable. Computational tests are performed to demonstrate that the proposed method is accurate, efficient, and energy stable.

Original languageEnglish
Article number416
JournalAdvances in Difference Equations
Volume2021
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The first author (J. Kim) was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1A2C1003053). The corresponding author (H.G. Lee) was supported by the Research Grant of Kwangwoon University in 2021 and by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1C1C1011112).

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Keywords

  • Allen–Cahn equation
  • High-order polynomial free energy
  • Implicit–explicit RK scheme
  • Linear convex splitting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Applied Mathematics

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