Multiphase field concept: Numerical simulations of moving phase boundaries and multiple junctions

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 295-315

  Garcke, Harald ^a   Nestler, Britta ^b   Stoth, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION;

ALLEN-CAHN SYSTEMS; MULTIPHASE DIFFUSION; PHASE FIELD MODELS; TRIPLE JUNCTION DYNAMICS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 0009789223     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139998334895     Document Type: Article

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