TY - JOUR T1 - Fourth-Order Structure-Preserving Method for the Conservative Allen-Cahn Equation AU - Chen , Xiaowei AU - Qian , Xu AU - Song , Songhe JO - Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics VL - 1 SP - 159 EP - 181 PY - 2022 DA - 2022/10 SN - 15 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2021-0325 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/aamm/21130.html KW - Maximum-principle-preserving, mass-conserving scheme, the conservative Allen-Cahn equation. AB -

We propose a class of up to fourth-order maximum-principle-preserving and mass-conserving schemes for the conservative Allen-Cahn equation equipped with a non-local Lagrange multiplier. Based on the second-order finite-difference semi-discretization in the spatial direction, the integrating factor Runge-Kutta schemes are applied in the temporal direction. Theoretical analysis indicates that the proposed schemes conserve mass and preserve the maximum principle under reasonable time step-size restriction, which is independent of the space step size. Finally, the theoretical analysis is verified by several numerical examples.