Discrete Maximum principle of a high order finite difference scheme for a generalized Allen-Cahn equation

04/23/2021

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by   Jie Shen, et al.

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We consider solving a generalized Allen-Cahn equation coupled with a passive convection for a given incompressible velocity field. The numerical scheme consists of the first order accurate stabilized implicit explicit time discretization and a fourth order accurate finite difference scheme, which is obtained from the finite difference formulation of the Q^2 spectral element method. We prove that the discrete maximum principle holds under suitable mesh size and time step constraints. The same result also applies to construct a bound-preserving scheme for any passive convection with an incompressible velocity field.