A time-adaptive finite volume method for the Cahn-Hilliard and Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9985-10017

  Cueto Felgueroso, Luis ^a   Peraire, Jaume ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive time stepping; Cahn Hilliard equation; Finite volume method; Fourth order equations; High order methods; Kuramoto Sivashinsky equation

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

ADAPTIVE FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ADAPTIVE TIME STEPPING; CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; FOURTH-ORDER EQUATIONS; HIGH-ORDER METHODS; HIGHER-ORDER METHODS; KURAMOTO-SIVASHINSKY; KURAMOTO-SIVASHINSKY EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 54249162350     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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