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Cubic spline method and fractional steps scheme to approximate the phase-field system with non-homogeneous Cauchy-Neumann boundary conditions. (English) Zbl 1313.76075

Summary: A “scheme of fractional steps type”, associated to the nonlinear phase-field transition system with non-homogeneous Cauchy-Neumann boundary conditions, is considered in the present paper. To approximate the solution of the linear parabolic system introduced by such approximating scheme, a cubic spline method have been used. A stability result for this new approach is proved and some numerical experiments, like simulation of “separation zone” between the phases of the material that is involved in the solidification process, are performed too.

MSC:

76M25 Other numerical methods (fluid mechanics) (MSC2010)
65Nxx Numerical methods for partial differential equations, boundary value problems
65N12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
65N30 Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs
80A22 Stefan problems, phase changes, etc.