Discrete Approximation of the Cahn-Hilliard/Allen-Cahn System with Logarithmic Entropy

Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-351

  Gokieli, Maria ^a   Marcinkowski, Leszek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard Allen Cahn; Finite element; Implicit scheme; Phase change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347532854     PISSN: 09167005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167426     Document Type: Article

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