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We prove convergence of suitable subsequences of weak solutions of a diffuse interface model for the two-phase flow of incompressible fluids with different densities with a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation to weak solutions of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Helmut Abels , Yutaka Terasawa

In this paper, we study the sharp interface limit for solutions of the Cahn-Hilliard equation with disparate mobilities. This means that the mobility function degenerates in one of the two energetically favorable configurations, suppressing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Milan Kroemer , Tim Laux

In this work, the sharp interface limit of the degenerate Cahn-Hilliard equation (in two space dimensions) with a polynomial double well free energy and a quadratic mobility is derived via a matched asymptotic analysis involving…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-10 Alpha Albert Lee , Andreas Münch , Endre Süli

In this letter, we derive the sharp-interface limit of the Cahn-Hilliard-Biot equations using formal matched asymptotic expansions. We find that in each sub-domain, the quasi-static Biot equations are obtained with domain-specific material…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Erlend Storvik , Carina Bringedal

We propose a weak solution theory for the sharp interface limit of the Cahn-Hilliard reaction model, a variational PDE for lithium-ion batteries. An essential feature of this model is the use of Butler-Volmer kinetics for lithium-ion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-16 Tim Laux , Kerrek Stinson

We rigorously prove the convergence of weak solutions to a model for lipid raft formation in cell membranes which was recently proposed by Garcke et al. to weak (varifold) solutions of the corresponding sharp-interface problem for a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Helmut Abels , Johannes Kampmann

We investigate the limiting behavior of the Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard model for binary-fluid flows as the diffuse-interface thickness passes to zero, in the presence of fluid-fluid-solid contact lines. Allowing for motion of such contact…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-09 T. H. B. Demont , S. K. F. Stoter , C. Diddens , E. H. van Brummelen

In this paper, we consider the sharp interface limit of a matrix-valued Allen-Cahn equation, which takes the form: $$\partial_t A=\Delta A-\varepsilon^{-2}( A A^{\mathrm{T}}A-…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Mingwen Fei , Fanghua Lin , Wei Wang , Zhifei Zhang

We consider the stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation with additive space-time white noise $\epsilon^{\gamma}\dot{W}$ in dimension $d=2,3$, where $\epsilon>0$ is an interfacial width parameter. We study numerical approximation of the equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Ľubomír Baňas , Jean Daniel Mukam

Topology changes in multi-phase fluid flows are difficult to model within a traditional sharp interface theory. Diffuse interface models turn out to be an attractive alternative to model two-phase flows. Based on a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-02 Luca Dedè , Harald Garcke , Kei Fong Lam

We consider the sharp interface limit of a convective Allen-Cahn equation, which can be part of a Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn system, for different scalings of the mobility $m_\varepsilon=m_0\varepsilon^\theta$ as $\varepsilon\to 0$. In the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-22 Helmut Abels

In this paper, we aim to study the motions of interfaces and coarsening rates governed by the time-fractional Cahn--Hilliard equation (TFCHE). It is observed by many numerical experiments that the microstructure evolution described by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-24 Tao Tang , Boyi Wang , Jiang Yang

The Navier-Stokes-Cahn-Hilliard (NSCH) system governs the diffuse-interface dynamics of two incompressible and immiscible fluids. We consider a relaxation approximation of the NSCH system that is composed by a system of first-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Jan Giesselmann , Jens Keim , Fabio Leotta , Christian Rohde

Having a finite interfacial thickness, the phase-field models supply a way to model the fluid interfaces, which allows the calculations of the interface movements and deformations on the fixed grids. Such modeling is applied to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Nitu Lakhmara , Hari Shankar Mahato

We augment a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model for the description of line tension phenomena by multiplicative stochastic noise to capture the effects of thermal fluctuations and establish the existence of pathwise unique…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Stefan Metzger

In this paper, the sharp interface limit for the compressible non-isentropic Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn system is derived by the method of matched asymptotic expansion. We show that the leading order problem satisfies the compressible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Chen Yazhou , He Qiaolin , Shi Xiaoding , Wang Xiaoping

We consider a two-phase problem for two incompressible, viscous and immiscible fluids which are separated by a sharp interface. The problem arises as a sharp interface limit of a diffuse interface model. We present results on local…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-09-17 Helmut Abels , Mathias Wilke

In this paper we consider the flow of two incompressible, viscous and immiscible fluids in a bounded domain, with different densities and viscosities. This model consists of a coupled system of Navier-Stokes and Mullins-Sekerka type parts,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Helmut Abels , Andrea Poiatti

The invariant measure of a one-dimensional Allen-Cahn equation with an additive space-time white noise is studied. This measure is absolutely continuous with respect to a Brownian bridge with a density which can be interpreted as a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-06-02 Hendrik Weber

We consider Cahn-Hilliard equations with external forcing terms. Energy decreasing and mass conservation might not hold. We show that level surfaces of the solutions of such generalized Cahn-Hilliard equations tend to the solutions of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-01-08 D. C. Antonopoulou , G. D. Karali , E. Orlandi