A level set approach to anisotropic surface evolution with free adatoms

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-80

  Stöckert, Christina ^a   Voigt, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Anisotropic evolution; Finite elements; Higher order evolution equations; Level set method; PDEs on surfaces; Thin film growth

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FILM GROWTH; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THICK FILMS;

ADAPTIVITY; ANISOTROPIC EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENTS; HIGHER ORDER EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; PDES ON SURFACES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 55149117088     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060678166     Document Type: Article

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