On a SAV-MAC scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes Phase Field Model

Abstract

We construct a numerical scheme based on the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) approach in time and the MAC discretization in space for the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes phase field model, and carry out stability and error analysis. The scheme is linear, second-order, unconditionally energy stable and can be implemented very efficiently. We establish second-order error estimates both in time and space for phase field variable, chemical potential, velocity and pressure in different discrete norms. We also provide numerical experiments to verify our theoretical results and demonstrate the robustness and accuracy of the our scheme.