Triple-junction motion for an Allen-Cahn/Cahn-Hilliard system

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-24

  Novick Cohen, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allen Cahn Cahn Hilliard equations; Diffuse interface models; Geometric motion; Krzanowski instabilities; Motion by mean curvature; Motion by minus the surface Laplacian of mean curvature; Phase transitions; Surface diffusion; Triple junction motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346684384     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00162-1     Document Type: Article

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