Adaptive finite element methods for Cahn–Hilliard equations |
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Authors: | L’ubomír Baňas Robert Nürnberg |
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Institution: | Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK |
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Abstract: | We develop a method for adaptive mesh refinement for steady state problems that arise in the numerical solution of Cahn–Hilliard equations with an obstacle free energy. The problem is discretized in time by the backward-Euler method and in space by linear finite elements. The adaptive mesh refinement is performed using residual based a posteriori estimates; the time step is adapted using a heuristic criterion. We describe the space–time adaptive algorithm and present numerical experiments in two and three space dimensions that demonstrate the usefulness of our approach. |
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Keywords: | 35M10 74S05 |
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