A discontinuous Galerkin method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 860-877

  Wells, Garth N ^a   Kuhl, Ellen ^b   Garikipati, Krishna ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse interface theory; Finite element methods; Parabolic partial differential equations; Phase segregation; Spinodal decomposition

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GALERKIN METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; DIFFUSE INTERFACE; DIFFUSE INTERFACE THEORY; DISCONTINOUS GALERKIN METHODS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD; FOURTH-ORDER; HIGHER ORDER SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; NONLINEAR PARABOLIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARABOLIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SEGREGATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33748907906     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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