Title
Unconditionally Maximum Bound Principle Preserving Linear Schemes for the Conservative Allen-Cahn Equation with Nonlocal Constraint
Abstract
In comparison with the Cahn-Hilliard equation, the classic Allen-Cahn equation satisfies the maximum bound principle (MBP) but fails to conserve the mass along the time. In this paper, we consider the MBP and corresponding numerical schemes for the modified Allen-Cahn equation, which is formed by introducing a nonlocal Lagrange multiplier term to enforce the mass conservation. We first study sufficient conditions on the nonlinear potentials under which the MBP holds and provide some concrete examples of nonlinear functions. Then we propose first and second order stabilized exponential time differencing schemes for time integration, which are linear schemes and unconditionally preserve the MBP in the time discrete level. Convergence of these schemes is analyzed as well as their energy stability. Various two and three dimensional numerical experiments are also carried out to validate the theoretical results and demonstrate the performance of the proposed schemes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1007/s10915-021-01512-0
JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Modified Allen-Cahn equation, Maximum bound principle, Mass conservation, Exponential time differencing, Stabilizing technique, 35B50, 65M12, 35K55, 65R20
Journal
87
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0885-7474
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jingwei Li100.34
Lili Ju244443.43
Yongyong Cai38011.43
Xinlong Feng405.07