Isogeometric analysis of the advective Cahn-Hilliard equation: Spinodal decomposition under shear flow

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 242, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-350

  Liu, Ju ^a   Dedè, Luca ^a,b   Evans, John A ^a   Borden, Micheal J ^a   Hughes, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B zier extraction; Cahn Hilliard equation; Isogeometric analysis; Shear flow; Spinodal decomposition; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

BASE FUNCTION; BÉZIER EXTRACTION; BINARY FLUIDS; CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; FOURTH-ORDER; ISOGEOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE SOLUTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84875103843     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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