On the Evolutionary Dynamics of the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Cut-Off Mass Source

On the Evolutionary Dynamics of the Cahn-Hilliard Equation with Cut-Off Mass Source

Year:    2021

Author:    Sungha Yoon, Chaeyoung Lee, Hyundong Kim, Jintae Park, Sungha Yoon, Sangkwon Kim, Junxiang Yang, Jintae Park, Junseok Kim, Sangkwon Kim, Junxiang Yang, Junseok Kim

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 14 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 242–260

Abstract

We investigate the effect of cut-off logistic source on evolutionary dynamics of a generalized Cahn-Hilliard (CH) equation in this paper. It is a well-known fact that the maximum principle does not hold for the CH equation. Therefore, a generalized CH equation with logistic source may cause the negative concentration blow-up problem in finite time. To overcome this drawback, we propose the cut-off logistic source such that only the positive value greater than a given critical concentration can grow. We consider the temporal profiles of numerical results in the one-, two-, and three-dimensional spaces to examine the effect of extra mass source. Numerical solutions are obtained using a finite difference multigrid solver. Moreover, we perform numerical tests for tumor growth simulation, which is a typical application of generalized CH equations in biology. We apply the proposed cut-off logistic source term and have good results.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2020-0051

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 14 (2021), Iss. 1 : pp. 242–260

Published online:    2021-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    19

Keywords:    Cahn-Hilliard equation logistic source finite difference method tumor growth application.

Author Details

Sungha Yoon

Chaeyoung Lee

Hyundong Kim

Jintae Park

Sungha Yoon

Sangkwon Kim

Junxiang Yang

Jintae Park

Junseok Kim

Sangkwon Kim

Junxiang Yang

Junseok Kim