An efficient explicit numerical scheme for diffusion-type equations with a highly inhomogeneous and highly anisotropic diffusion tensor

  • Authors:

  • O. Larroche

  • Affiliations:

  • CEA/DIF, BP 12, 91680 Bruyères le Chítel, France

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this note, we examine the implications of Cahn-Hilliard diffusion on mass conservation when using a phase-field model for simulating two-phase flows. Even though the phase-field variable @f is conserved globally, a drop shrinks spontaneously while ...