Diffuse interfaces with sharp corners and facets: Phase field models with strongly anisotropic surfaces

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 381-411

  Taylor, Jean E ^a   Cahn, John W ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen Cahn equation; Anisotropy; Motion by weighted mean curvature; Nondifferentiable surface energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000757584     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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