A Second-Order, Mass-Conservative, Unconditionally Stable and Bound-Preserving Finite Element Method for the Quasi-Incompressible Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy System

Abstract

A second-order numerical method is developed for solving the quasi-incompressible Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy system with the Flory-Huggins potential for two immiscible fluids of variable densities and viscosities in a porous medium or a Hele-Shaw cell. We show that the scheme is uniquely solvable, mass-conservative, bound-preserving and unconditionally energy stable. The key for bound-preserving is the utilization of second order convex-concave splitting of the logarithmic potential, and the discrete L1 estimate of the singular potential. Ample numerical tests are reported to validate the accuracy and robustness of the proposed numerical scheme.

Department(s)

Mathematics and Statistics

Comments

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, Grant 12271237

Keywords and Phrases

Bound-preserving; Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy; Energy stability; Quasi-incompressible; Second order accuracy; Variable density

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1090-2716; 0021-9991

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Dec 2024

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