Error Analysis of SAV Finite Element Method to Phase Field Crystal Model

Error Analysis of SAV Finite Element Method to Phase Field Crystal Model

Year:    2020

Author:    Kai Jiang, Liupeng Wang, Yunqing Huang, Kai Jiang

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 13 (2020), Iss. 2 : pp. 372–399

Abstract

In this paper, we construct and analyze an energy stable scheme by combining the latest developed scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach and linear finite element method (FEM) for phase field crystal (PFC) model, and show rigorously that the scheme is first-order in time and second-order in space for the $L^2$ and $H^{-1}$ gradient flow equations. To reduce efficiently computational cost and capture accurately the phase interface, we give a simple adaptive strategy, equipped with a posteriori gradient estimator, i.e.,  $L^2$ norm of the recovered gradient. Extensive numerical experiments are presented to verify our theoretical results and to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of our proposed method.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2019-0110

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 13 (2020), Iss. 2 : pp. 372–399

Published online:    2020-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    28

Keywords:    Linear finite element method scalar auxiliary variable approach phase field crystal model error analysis energy stability adaptive method.

Author Details

Kai Jiang

Liupeng Wang

Yunqing Huang

Kai Jiang