Allen-Cahn systems with volume constraints

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1347-1381

  Garcke, Harald ^a   Nestler, Britta ^b   Stinner, Björn ^c   Wendler, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Fachbereich Informatik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite differences; Phase field; Semi smooth Newton method

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRADIENT METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

FINITE DIFFERENCES; PHASE FIELD; SEMI-SMOOTH NEWTON METHOD; VOLUME CONSTRAINTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 50949128255     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508003066     Document Type: Article

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