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Decoupled, Linear, and Unconditionally Energy Stable Fully Discrete Finite Element Numerical Scheme for a Two-Phase Ferrohydrodynamics Model
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
  • Guo Dong Zhang
  • Xiaoming He, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Xiaofeng Yang
Abstract

We consider in this paper numerical approximations of a phase field model for twophase ferrofluids, which consists of the Navier-Stokes equations, the Cahn-Hilliard equation, the magnetostatic equations, and the magnetic field equation. By combining the projection method for the Navier-Stokes equations and some subtle implicit-explicit treatments for coupled nonlinear terms, we construct a linear, decoupled, fully discrete finite element scheme to solve the highly nonlinear and coupled multiphysics system efficiently. The scheme is provably unconditionally energy stable and leads to a series of decoupled linear equations to solve at each time step. Through numerous numerical examples in simulating benchmark problems such as the Rosensweig instability and droplet deformation, we demonstrate the stability and accuracy of the numerical scheme.

Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Comments
National Science Foundation, Grant DMS-1720212
Keywords and Phrases
  • Ferrofluid,
  • Ferrohydrodynamics,
  • Magnetic field,
  • Phase field,
  • Unconditional energy stability
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2021 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Publication Date
01 Jan 2021
Citation Information
Guo Dong Zhang, Xiaoming He and Xiaofeng Yang. "Decoupled, Linear, and Unconditionally Energy Stable Fully Discrete Finite Element Numerical Scheme for a Two-Phase Ferrohydrodynamics Model" SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Vol. 43 Iss. 1 (2021) p. B167 - B193 ISSN: 1064-8275; 1095-7197
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaoming-he/76/