A Fourier spectral moving mesh method for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with elasticity

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 582-599

  Feng, W M ^a   Yu, P ^a   Hu, S Y ^b   Liu, Z K ^a   Du, Q ^a   Chen, L Q ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh; Adaptive spectral method; Cahn Hilliard equation; Diffuse interface; Elasticity; Fourier spectral method; Moving mesh; Phase field

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349202196     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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