Accurate spectral solutions to a phase-field transition system

Abstract

The paper is mainly concerned with numerical approximation of solutions to the phase-field transition system (Caginalp’s model), subject to the non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary  conditions. Numerical approximation of solutions to the nonlinear phase-field (Allen-Cahn) equation, supplied with the non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions as well as with  homogeneous Cauchy-Neumann boundary conditions is also of interest. To achieve these goals, a Chebyshev collocation method, coupled with a Runge-Kutta scheme, has been used. The role of the nonlinearity and the influence of the boundary conditions on numerical approximation in allen-Cahn equation were analyzed too. To cope with the stiffness of Caginalp’s model, a multistep solver has been additionally used; all this, in order to march in time along with the same spatial discretization. Some numerical experiments are reported in order to illustrate the effectiveness of our numerical approach.

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Chebyshev collocation; multistep solvers; phase-field transition system; phase changes.

C. I. Gheorghiu
-Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis, Romanian Academy

C. Morosanu
-Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi

Keywords

Chebyshev collocation; multistep solvers; phase-field transition system; phase changes

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C.I. Gheorghiu, C. Morosanu, Accurate spectral solutions to a phase-field transition system, ROMAI J., 10 (2014) 2, 1-11.

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ROMAI J.

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Editions de l’Academie Roumaine

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1841-5512

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