English

Plateau angle conditions for the vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation

Analysis of PDEs 2014-04-04 v2

Abstract

Under proper hypotheses, we rigorously derive the Plateau angle conditions at triple junctions of diffused interfaces in three dimensions, starting from the vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation with a triple-well potential. Our derivation is based on an application of the divergence theorem using the divergence-free form of the equation via an associated stress tensor.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1210.0231,
  title  = {Plateau angle conditions for the vector-valued Allen-Cahn equation},
  author = {Nicholas D. Alikakos and Panagiotis Antonopoulos and Apostolos Damialis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0231},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

15 pages, 1 figure; minor revision, added proofs

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