Finite element approximation of an Allen-Cahn/Cahn-Hilliard system

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-71

  Barrett, John W ^a   Blowey, James F ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allen Cahn Cahn Hilliard; Error analysis; Finite elements; Order disorder; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREE ENERGY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

ALLEN-CAHN; FINITE ELEMENT APPROXIMATIONS; ITERATIVE SCHEMES; NONLINEAR DISCRETE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PIECEWISE LINEAR; SPACE DIMENSIONS; THREE SPACE DIMENSIONS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0036101445     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/22.1.11     Document Type: Article

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