A Linear Doubly Stabilized Crank-Nicolson Scheme for the Allen–Cahn Equation with a General Mobility
Year: 2024
Author: Dianming Hou, Lili Ju, Zhonghua Qiao
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 16 (2024), Iss. 5 : pp. 1009–1038
Abstract
In this paper, a linear second order numerical scheme is developed and investigated for the Allen–Cahn equation with a general positive mobility. In particular, our fully discrete scheme is mainly constructed based on the Crank-Nicolson formula for temporal discretization and the central finite difference method for spatial approximation, and two extra stabilizing terms are also introduced for the purpose of improving numerical stability. The proposed scheme is shown to unconditionally preserve the maximum bound principle (MBP) under mild restrictions on the stabilization parameters, which is of practical importance for achieving good accuracy and stability simultaneously. With the help of uniform boundedness of the numerical solutions due to MBP, we then successfully derive $H^1$-norm and $L^∞$-norm error estimates for the Allen–Cahn equation with a constant and a variable mobility, respectively. Moreover, the energy stability of the proposed scheme is also obtained in the sense that the discrete free energy is uniformly bounded by the one at the initial time plus a constant. Finally, some numerical experiments are carried out to verify the theoretical results and illustrate the performance of the proposed scheme with a time adaptive strategy.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2023-0067
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 16 (2024), Iss. 5 : pp. 1009–1038
Published online: 2024-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 30
Keywords: Allen–Cahn equation general mobility linear scheme Crank-Nicolson.
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