A non-equilibrium thermodynamics framework for domain evolution; phase field models and finite element implementation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6170, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Su, Yu ^a   Landis, Chad M ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain structure evolution; Finite element methods; Phase field model

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM THERMODYNAMICS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; PHASE FIELD MODEL;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33749547619     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660688     Document Type: Conference Paper

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