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Numerical and analytic results for the exponent \theta describing the decay of the first return probability of an interface to its initial height are obtained for a large class of linear Langevin equations. The models are parametrized by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Krug , H. Kallabis , S. N. Majumdar , S. J Cornell , A. J. Bray , C. Sire

The dynamics of a driven interface in a medium with random pinning forces is analyzed. The interface undergoes a depinning transition where the order parameter is the interface velocity $v$, which increases as $v \sim (F-F_c)^\theta$ for…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Heiko Leschhorn , Thomas Nattermann , Semjon Stepanow , Lei-Han Tang

In this work, physics-informed neural networks are applied to incompressible two-phase flow problems. We investigate the forward problem, where the governing equations are solved from initial and boundary conditions, as well as the inverse…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-01-26 Aaron B. Buhendwa , Stefan Adami , Nikolaus A. Adams

We consider sharp interface asymptotics for a phase field model of two phase near spherical biomembranes involving a coupling between the local mean curvature and the local composition proposed by the first and second authors. The model is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-24 Charles M. Elliott , Luke Hatcher , Björn Stinner

We consider the dynamics and kinetic roughening of wetting fronts in the case of forced wetting driven by a constant mass flux into a 2D disordered medium. We employ a coarse-grained phase field model with local conservation of density,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Laurila , C. Tong , I. Huopaniemi , S. Majaniemi , T. Ala-Nissila

We study the initial-boundary value problem for a class of diffusion equations with nonmonotone diffusion flux functions, including forward-backward parabolic equations and the gradient flows of nonconvex energy functionals, under the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-18 Baisheng Yan

We consider the sharp interface limit of the Allen-Cahn equation with Dirichlet or dynamic boundary conditions and give a varifold characterization of its limit which is formally a mean curvature flow with Dirichlet or dynamic boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Yoshikazu Giga , Fumihiko Onoue , Keisuke Takasao

A coarse grained description of a two phase fluid is used to study the steady state configuration of the interface separating the coexisting phases, and the motion of the contact line at which the interface intersects a solid boundary. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hsuan-Yi Chen , David Jasnow , Jorge Vinals

The initial boundary value problem for a Cahn-Hilliard system subject to a dynamic boundary condition of Allen-Cahn type is treated. The vanishing of the surface diffusion on the dynamic boundary condition is the point of emphasis. By the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Pierluigi Colli , Takeshi Fukao

The use of continuum phase-field models to describe the motion of well-defined interfaces is discussed for a class of phenomena, that includes order/disorder transitions, spinodal decomposition and Ostwald ripening, dendritic growth, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 K. R. Elder , Martin Grant , Nikolas Provatas , J. M. Kosterlitz

It is known that there is a strong relation between the parabolic Allen--Cahn equation and the mean curvature flow, in the sense that the parabolic Allen--Cahn equation can be considered as a ``diffused" mean curvature flow. In this work,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Jingeon An , Kiichi Tashiro

A finite element method for the evolution of a two-phase membrane in a sharp interface formulation is introduced. The evolution equations are given as an $L^2$--gradient flow of an energy involving an elastic bending energy and a line…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-01 John W. Barrett , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

Consider the Allen-Cahn equation on the $d$-dimensional torus, $d=2,3$, in the sharp interface limit. As it is well known, the limiting dynamics is described by the motion by mean curvature of the interface between the two stable phases.…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Lorenzo Bertini , Paolo Buttà , Adriano Pisante

We consider a family of axisymmetric curves evolving by its mean curvature with driving force in the half space. We impose a boundary condition that the curves are perpendicular to the boundary for $t>0$, however, the initial curve…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-04-03 Longjie Zhang

The diffuse interface model of Cahn-Hilliard-van der Waals is often used to study various aspects of multi-phase flows such as droplets coalescence and contact line dynamics. The original model of Cahn-Hilliard-van der Waals uses an…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-29 Lionel Hirschberg , Avraham Hirschberg

We consider the impingement of a droplet onto a wall with high impact speed. To model this process we favour a diffuse-interface concept. Precisely, we suggest a compressible Navier--Stokes--Allen--Cahn model. Basic properties of the model…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-30 Lukas Ostrowski , Christian Rohde

In this paper we consider a system of two reaction-diffusion equations that models diffusional-thermal combustion with stepwise ignition-temperature kinetics and fractional reaction order 0 < $\alpha$ < 1. We turn the free interface problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Claude-Michel Brauner , Robert Roussarie , Peipei Shang , Linwan Zhang

We consider the initial-boundary value problem of a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model for incompressible two-phase flows with unmatched densities in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$. Our first aim is to study…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Harald Garcke , Maoyin Lv , Hao Wu

A novel thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model is derived for compressible electrolytes with phase transitions. The fluid mixtures may consist of N constituents with the phases liquid and vapor, where both phases may coexist.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-13 Wolfgang Dreyer , Jan Giesselmann , Christiane Kraus

In this paper, we consider a class of coupled systems of PDEs, denoted by (ACE)$_{\varepsilon}$ for $ \varepsilon \geq 0 $. For each $ \varepsilon \geq 0 $, the system (ACE)$_{\varepsilon}$ consists of an Allen-Cahn type equation in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi , Ryota Nakayashiki , Ken Shirakawa