@article{ISI:000397422700011, abstract = {We consider the three-dimensional (3D) Cahn-Hilliard equations coupled to, and driven by, the forced, incompressible 3D Navier-Stokes equations. The combination, known as the Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) equations, is used in statistical mechanics to model the motion of a binary fluid. The potential development of singularities (blow-up) in the contours of the order parameter phi is an open problem. To address this we have proved a theorem that closely mimics the Beale-Kato-Majda theorem for the 3D incompressible Euler equations [J. T. Beale, T. Kato, and A. J. Majda, Commun. Math. Phys. 94, 61 (1984)]. By taking an L-infinity norm of the energy of the full binary system, designated as E-infinity, we have shown that integral(1)(0) E-infinity(tau)d tau governs the regularity of solutions of the full 3D system. Our direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of the 3D CHNS equations for (a) a gravity-driven Rayleigh Taylor instability and (b) a constant-energy-injection forcing, with 128(3) to 512(3) collocation points and over the duration of our DNSs confirm that E-infinity remains bounded as far as our computations allow.}, article-number = {063103}, author = {Gibbon, John D. and Pal, Nairita and Gupta, Anupam and Pandit, Rahul}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.94.063103}, eissn = {2470-0053}, issn = {2470-0045}, journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW E}, month = {DEC 12}, number = {6}, orcid-numbers = {Gupta, Anupam/0000-0002-7335-0584}, researcherid-numbers = {Gupta, Anupam/N-4777-2018}, times-cited = {4}, title = {Regularity criterion for solutions of the three-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes equations and associated computations}, unique-id = {ISI:000397422700011}, volume = {94}, year = {2016} }