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We study solutions to the evolution equation $u_t=\Delta u-u +\sum_{k\geqslant 1}q_ku^k$, $t>0$, in $\mathbf{R}^d$. Here the coefficients $q_k\geqslant 0$ verify $ \sum_{k\geqslant 1}q_k=1< \sum_{k\geqslant 1}kq_k<\infty$. First, we deal…
We analytically study coarsening dynamics in a system with nonconserved scalar order parameter, when a uniform time-independent shear flow is present. We use an anisotropic version of the Ohta-Jasnow-Kawasaki approximation to calculate the…
The surface evolution model based on geometric partial differential equation is used to numerically study the kinetics of dewetting and dynamic morphologies for the localized pinhole defect in the surface of the ultrathin solid film with…
A limited mobility nonequilibrium solid-on-solid dynamical model for kinetic surface growth is introduced as a simple description for the morphological evolution of a growing interface under random vapor deposition and surface diffusion…
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The nonlocal Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation arises in the modeling of the flow of a thin film of viscous liquid falling down an inclined plane, subject to an applied electric field. In this paper, the authors show that, as the coefficient of…
In this paper we deal with uniqueness of solutions to the following problem \[ \begin{cases} \begin{split} & u_t-\Delta_p u=H(t,x,\nabla u) &\quad \text{in}\quad Q_T,\\ & u (t,x) =0 &\quad \text{on}\quad(0,T)\times \partial \Omega,\\ &…
In this paper we consider a two-phase thin film consisting of two immiscible viscous fluids endowed with a layer of insoluble surfactant on the surface of the upper fluid. The governing equations for the two film heights and the surfactant…
We consider a nonlinear 4th-order degenerate parabolic partial differential equation that arises in modelling the dynamics of an incompressible thin liquid film on the outer surface of a rotating horizontal cylinder in the presence of…
This paper is concerned with the study of the nonlinear viscoelastic evolution equation with strong damping and source terms, described by \[u_{tt} - \Delta_{\mathbb{B}}u + \int_{0}^{t}g(t-\tau)\Delta_{\mathbb{B}}u(\tau)d\tau +…
We prove two partial regularity results for the scalar equation $u_t+u_{xxxx}+\partial_{xx}u_x^2=0$, a model of surface growth arising from the physical process of molecular epitaxy. We show that the set of space-time singularities has…
We investigate the evolution of non-linear density perturbations by taking into account the effects of deviations from spherical symmetry of a system. Starting from the standard spherical top hat model in which these effects are ignored, we…
We consider a kinetic equation describing evolution of a particle distribution function in a system with nonlinear wave-particle interactions (trappings into a resonance and nonlinear scatterings). We study properties of its solutions and…
A high-symmetry crystal surface may undergo a kinetic instability during the growth, such that its late stage evolution resembles a phase separation process. This parallel is rigorous in one dimension, if the conserved surface current is…
We study the large-time behaviour of the solutions $u$ of the evolution equation involving nonlinear diffusion and gradient absorption $\partial_t u - \Delta_p u + |\nabla u|^q=0$. We consider the problem posed for $x\in {\mathbb R}^N $ and…
Constitutive equations for a one-dimensional, active, polar, viscoelastic liquid are derived by treating the strain field as a slow hydrodynamic variable. Taking into account the couplings between strain and polarity allowed by symmetry,…
We consider the equation $- \Delta u+V(x)u- k(\Del(|u|^{2}))u=g(x,u), u>0, x \in {\BR}^2,$ where $V:{\BR}^2\to {\BR}$ and $g:{\BR}^2 \times {\BR}\to {\BR}$ are two continuous $1-$periodic functions. Also, we assume $g$ behaves like $\exp…
Wavy film flow of incompressible Newtonian fluid down an inclined plane is considered. The question is posed as to the parametric conditions under which the description of evolution can be approximately reduced for all time to a single…
In this work, a new model for macroscopic plant tissue growth based on dynamical Riemannian geometry is presented. We treat 1D and 2D tissues as continuous, deformable, growing geometries for sizes larger than 1mm. The dynamics of the…