The Cahn-Hilliard equation with elasticity-finite element approximation and qualitative studies

Interfaces and Free Boundaries

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-118

  Garcke, Harald ^a   Rumpf, Martin ^a   Weikard, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive methods; Cahn Hilliard equation; Elasticity; Finite element approximation; Fourth order parabolic equation; Second order time discretization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003081461     PISSN: 14639963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/IFB/34     Document Type: Article

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