A front dynamics approach to curvature-dependent flow

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1523-1538

  Schwendeman, D W ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature flow; Free boundary problems; Grain boundaries; Shock dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHOCK WAVES; SURFACES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CURVATURE DEPENDENT FLOW; FRONT DYNAMICS APPROACH; FRONT SEGMENTS; PLANAR CURVES;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 0030409745     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139995280488     Document Type: Article

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