Cahn-Hilliard vs singular Cahn-Hilliard equations in phase field modeling

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 362-382

  Zhang, Tianyu ^a   Wang, Qi ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equation; Finite differencemethod; Immiscible multiphase flow; Phase field; Singular Cahn Hilliard equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649123592     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: 19917120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/cicp.2009.09.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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