Year: 2020
Author: Tao Tang
Analysis in Theory and Applications, Vol. 36 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 235–242
Abstract
It is a very common practice to use semi-implicit schemes in various computations, which treat selected linear terms implicitly and the nonlinear terms explicitly. For phase-field equations, the principal elliptic operator is treated implicitly to reduce the associated stability constraints while the nonlinear terms are still treated explicitly to avoid the expensive process of solving nonlinear equations at each time step. However, very few recent numerical analysis is relevant to semi-implicit schemes, while "stabilized" schemes have become very popular. In this work, we will consider semi-implicit schemes for the Allen-Cahn equation with $general$ $potential$ function. It will be demonstrated that the maximum principle is valid and the energy stability also holds for the numerical solutions. This paper extends the result of Tang & Yang (J. Comput. Math., 34(5) (2016), pp. 471-481), which studies the semi-implicit scheme for the Allen-Cahn equation with $polynomial$ $potentials$.
Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/ata.OA-SU12
Analysis in Theory and Applications, Vol. 36 (2020), Iss. 3 : pp. 235–242
Published online: 2020-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 8
Keywords: Semi-implicit phased-field equation energy dissipation maximum principle.
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