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Analysis of a time discretization scheme for a nonstandard viscous Cahn–Hilliard system
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 June 2014
Abstract
In this paper we propose a time discretization of a system of two parabolic equations describing diffusion-driven atom rearrangement in crystalline matter. The equations express the balances of microforces and microenergy; the two phase fields are the order parameter and the chemical potential. The initial and boundary-value problem for the evolutionary system is known to be well posed. Convergence of the discrete scheme to the solution of the continuous problem is proved by a careful development of uniform estimates, by weak compactness and a suitable treatment of nonlinearities. Moreover, for the difference of discrete and continuous solutions we prove an error estimate of order one with respect to the time step.
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- ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 1061 - 1087
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- © EDP Sciences, SMAI 2014
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