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Garcke, Harald ; Nestler, Britta ; Stinner, Björn ; Wendler, Frank

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.

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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 typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleMathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (M3AS)
Publisher:WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
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
Date2008
InstitutionsMathematics > Prof. Dr. Harald Garcke
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10.1142/S0218202508003066DOI
KeywordsMEAN-CURVATURE; BUBBLE; CONJECTURE; SURFACES; EQUATION; FILMS; phase field; finite differences; semi-smooth Newton method
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 510 Mathematics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-138224
Item ID13822

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