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Allen-Cahn systems with volume constraints
Garcke, Harald
, Nestler, Britta, Stinner, Björn and Wendler, Frank
(2008)
Allen-Cahn systems with volume constraints.
Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (M3AS) 18 (8), pp. 1347-1381.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 24 Mar 2010 08:45
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.13822
Abstract
We consider the evolution of a multi-phase system where the motion of the interfaces is driven by anisotropic curvature and some of the phases are subject to volume constraints. The dynamics of the phase boundaries is modeled by a system of Allen-Cahn type equations for phase field variables resulting from a gradient flow of an appropriate Ginzburg-Landau type energy. Several ideas are presented ...
We consider the evolution of a multi-phase system where the motion of the interfaces is driven by anisotropic curvature and some of the phases are subject to volume constraints. The dynamics of the phase boundaries is modeled by a system of Allen-Cahn type equations for phase field variables resulting from a gradient flow of an appropriate Ginzburg-Landau type energy. Several ideas are presented in order to guarantee the additional volume constraints. Numerical algorithms based on explicit finite difference methods are developed, and simulations are performed in order to study local minima of the system energy. Wulff shapes can be recovered, i.e. energy minimizing forms for anisotropic surface energies enclosing a given volume. Further applications range from foam structures or bubble clusters to tessellation problems in two and three space dimensions.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (M3AS) | ||||
| Publisher: | WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | SINGAPORE | ||||
| Series of the University of Regensburg: | Preprintreihe der Fakultät Mathematik | ||||
| Volume: | 18 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 8 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1347-1381 | ||||
| Date | 2008 | ||||
| Institutions | Mathematics > Prof. Dr. Harald Garcke | ||||
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| Keywords | MEAN-CURVATURE; BUBBLE; CONJECTURE; SURFACES; EQUATION; FILMS; phase field; finite differences; semi-smooth Newton method | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 510 Mathematics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-138224 | ||||
| Item ID | 13822 |
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