Error estimates of linear decoupled structure-preserving incremental viscosity splitting methods for the Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes system

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author Kuang, Baolin
Fu, Hongfei
Li, Xiaoli
author_facet Kuang, Baolin
Fu, Hongfei
Li, Xiaoli
contents We propose first- and second-order time discretization schemes for the coupled Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes model, leveraging the incremental viscosity splitting (IVS) method. The schemes combine the scalar auxiliary variable method and the zero-energy-contribution approach, resulting in a linear, decoupled numerical framework. At each time step, they only require to solve a sequence of constant-coefficient equations, along with a linear equation with one unknown, making the algorithms computationally efficient and easy to implement. In addition, the proposed schemes are proven to be uniquely solvable, mass-conserving, and unconditional energy dissipation. Most importantly, leveraging the mathematical induction method and the regularity properties of the Stokes equation, we perform a rigorous error analysis for the first-order scheme in multiple space dimensions, establishing an unconditional and optimal convergence rate for all relevant variables under different norms. A user-defined, time-dependent parameter plays an important role in the error analysis of the proposed structure-preserving IVS methods. Ample numerical examples are carried out to verify the theoretical findings and to demonstrate the accuracy, effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed schemes.
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spellingShingle Error estimates of linear decoupled structure-preserving incremental viscosity splitting methods for the Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes system
Kuang, Baolin
Fu, Hongfei
Li, Xiaoli
Numerical Analysis
35Q35, 65M12, 65M15, 76D05
We propose first- and second-order time discretization schemes for the coupled Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes model, leveraging the incremental viscosity splitting (IVS) method. The schemes combine the scalar auxiliary variable method and the zero-energy-contribution approach, resulting in a linear, decoupled numerical framework. At each time step, they only require to solve a sequence of constant-coefficient equations, along with a linear equation with one unknown, making the algorithms computationally efficient and easy to implement. In addition, the proposed schemes are proven to be uniquely solvable, mass-conserving, and unconditional energy dissipation. Most importantly, leveraging the mathematical induction method and the regularity properties of the Stokes equation, we perform a rigorous error analysis for the first-order scheme in multiple space dimensions, establishing an unconditional and optimal convergence rate for all relevant variables under different norms. A user-defined, time-dependent parameter plays an important role in the error analysis of the proposed structure-preserving IVS methods. Ample numerical examples are carried out to verify the theoretical findings and to demonstrate the accuracy, effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed schemes.
title Error estimates of linear decoupled structure-preserving incremental viscosity splitting methods for the Cahn--Hilliard--Navier--Stokes system
topic Numerical Analysis
35Q35, 65M12, 65M15, 76D05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01141