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Abels, Helmut ; Garcke, Harald ; Wittmann, Julia

Diffuse Interface Models for Two-Phase Flows with Phase Transition: Modeling and Existence of Weak Solutions

Abels, Helmut , Garcke, Harald and Wittmann, Julia (2025) Diffuse Interface Models for Two-Phase Flows with Phase Transition: Modeling and Existence of Weak Solutions. Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 28 (7).

Date of publication of this fulltext: 08 Jan 2026 10:37
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78397


Abstract

The flow of two macroscopically immiscible, viscous, incompressible fluids with unmatched densities is studied, where a transfer of mass between the constituents by phase transition is taken into account. To this end, two quasi-incompressible diffuse interface models with singular free energies are analyzed, differing primarily in their velocity averaging. Firstly, to generalize a model by Abels, ...

The flow of two macroscopically immiscible, viscous, incompressible fluids with unmatched densities is studied, where a transfer of mass between the constituents by phase transition is taken into account. To this end, two quasi-incompressible diffuse interface models with singular free energies are analyzed, differing primarily in their velocity averaging. Firstly, to generalize a model by Abels, Garcke, and Grün, a thermodynamically consistent system of Navier–Stokes/Cahn–Hilliard type with source terms is derived in a framework of continuum fluid dynamics, followed by a proof of existence of weak solutions to the latter. Secondly, the quasi-stationary version of a model by Aki, Dreyer, Giesselmann, and Kraus is investigated analytically, with existence of weak solutions being established for the resulting quasi-stationary Stokes system coupled to a Cahn–Hilliard equation with a source term.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleJournal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
Publisher:Springer
Open Access Type:DEAL (Springer)
Volume:28
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:7
Date26 December 2025
InstitutionsMathematics > Prof. Dr. Helmut Abels
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Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (321821685)
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ValueType
10.1007/s00021-025-00986-4DOI
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NotationType
35Q30MSC
35Q35MSC
35D30MSC
35G61MSC
76D05MSC
76D03MSC
76T06MSC
KeywordsTwo-phase flow, Navier–Stokes equations, Cahn–Hilliard equation, Diffuse interface model, Weak solutions.
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 510 Mathematics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-783975
Item ID78397

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