Energy stable and maximum bound principle preserving schemes for the Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals

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Autori principali: Hou, Dianming, Li, Xiaoli, Qiao, Zhonghua, Zheng, Nan
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author Hou, Dianming
Li, Xiaoli
Qiao, Zhonghua
Zheng, Nan
author_facet Hou, Dianming
Li, Xiaoli
Qiao, Zhonghua
Zheng, Nan
contents In this paper, we propose two efficient fully-discrete schemes for Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals by using the first- and second-order stabilized exponential scalar auxiliary variable (sESAV) approach in time and the finite difference method for spatial discretization. The modified discrete energy dissipation laws are unconditionally satisfied for both two constructed schemes. A particular feature is that, for two-dimensional (2D) and a kind of three-dimensional (3D) Q-tensor flows, the unconditional maximum-bound-principle (MBP) preservation of the constructed first-order scheme is successfully established, and the proposed second-order scheme preserves the discrete MBP property with a mild restriction on the time-step sizes. Furthermore, we rigorously derive the corresponding error estimates for the fully-discrete second-order schemes by using the built-in stability results. Finally, various numerical examples validating the theoretical results, such as the orientation of liquid crystal in 2D and 3D, are presented for the constructed schemes.
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spellingShingle Energy stable and maximum bound principle preserving schemes for the Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals
Hou, Dianming
Li, Xiaoli
Qiao, Zhonghua
Zheng, Nan
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we propose two efficient fully-discrete schemes for Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals by using the first- and second-order stabilized exponential scalar auxiliary variable (sESAV) approach in time and the finite difference method for spatial discretization. The modified discrete energy dissipation laws are unconditionally satisfied for both two constructed schemes. A particular feature is that, for two-dimensional (2D) and a kind of three-dimensional (3D) Q-tensor flows, the unconditional maximum-bound-principle (MBP) preservation of the constructed first-order scheme is successfully established, and the proposed second-order scheme preserves the discrete MBP property with a mild restriction on the time-step sizes. Furthermore, we rigorously derive the corresponding error estimates for the fully-discrete second-order schemes by using the built-in stability results. Finally, various numerical examples validating the theoretical results, such as the orientation of liquid crystal in 2D and 3D, are presented for the constructed schemes.
title Energy stable and maximum bound principle preserving schemes for the Q-tensor flow of liquid crystals
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.02657