Numerical Methods for Solving the Cahn–Hilliard Equation and Its Applicability to Related Energy-Based Models

Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-289

  Tierra, G ^a   Guillen Gonzalez F ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES;

COMPUTATIONAL PARAMETERS; EFFICIENT NUMERICAL SCHEMES; ENERGY STABILITY; ENERGY-BASED MODELS; PHASE FIELD MODELS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84926278140     PISSN: 11343060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11831-014-9112-1     Document Type: Article

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