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Phase field models for two-phase flow with a surfactant soluble in possibly both fluids are derived from balance equations and an energy inequality so that thermodynamic consistency is guaranteed. Via a formal asymptotic analysis, they are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-03-12 Harald Garcke , Kei Fong Lam , Björn Stinner

We consider the problem of minimizing the Willmore energy connected surfaces with prescribed surface area which are confined to a finite container. To this end, we approximate the surface by a phase field function $u$ taking values close to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-05-23 Patrick W. Dondl , Luca Mugnai , Matthias Röger

A phase-field formulation is introduced to simulate quantitatively microstructural pattern formation in alloys. The thin-interface limit of this formulation yields a much less stringent restriction on the choice of interface thickness than…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-31 Alain Karma

Recent advancements have demonstrated that fully Eulerian methods can effectively model frictionless contact between deformable solids. Unlike traditional Lagrangian approaches, which require contact detection and resolution algorithms, the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-20 Flavio Lorez , Mohit Pundir

In this paper, a phase-field model is introduced to describe the evolution of a deformable, self-propelled object driven by surface-tension effects. The model couples an Allen-Cahn-type equation, which distinguishes the body from the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Masaharu Nagayama , Koya Sakakibara , Keisuke Takasao

In this work, an LES model with finite-rate phase change and subgrid spray based on a high-resolution numerical scheme for multiphase multi-component simulations which satisfies interface equilibrium and phase immiscibility conditions is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Henry Collis , Shahab Mirjalili , Makrand Khanwale , Ali Mani , Gianluca Iaccarino

We minimized the interface diffuseness in the phase-field models by introducing the parabolic double-well potential and localizing the solute redistribution (or latent heat release) into a narrow region within the phase-field interface. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Seong Gyoon Kim , Won Tae Kim , Toshio Suzuki

This article presents a multi-physics methodology for the numerical simulation of physical systems that involve the non-linear interaction of multi-phase reactive fluids and elastoplastic solids, inducing high strain-rates and high…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Tim Wallis , Philip T. Barton , Nikolaos Nikiforakis

In this paper, phase field models are developed for multi-component vesicle membranes with different lipid compositions and membranes with free boundary. These models are used to simulate the deformation of membranes under the elastic…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xiaoqiang Wang , Qiang Du

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

A non-isothermal phase field model that captures both displacive and diffusive phase transformations in a unified framework is presented. The model is developed in a formal thermodynamic setting, which provides guidance on admissible…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-12-02 Mirko Maraldi , Garth N. Wells , Luisa Molari

A continuum field theory approach is presented for modeling elastic and plastic deformation, free surfaces and multiple crystal orientations in non-equilibrium processing phenomena. Many basic properties of the model are calculated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 K. R. Elder , Martin Grant

We construct a diffuse-interface model of two-phase solidification that quantitatively reproduces the classic free boundary problem on solid-liquid interfaces in the thin-interface limit. Convergence tests and comparisons with boundary…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Folch , M. Plapp

In this paper we consider phase separations on (generalized) hypersurfaces in Euclidian space. We consider a diffuse surface area (line tension) energy of Modica-Mortola type and prove a compactness and lower bound estimate in the sharp…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Heiner Olbermann , Matthias Röger

In traditional phase-field modeling of multiphase materials, a significant challenge arises from the non-local nature of fracture energy regularization, where interfacial toughness is inherently coupled with the properties of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Ye-Hang Qin , Ye Feng

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

In this paper we investigate a rate--independent model for hybrid laminates described by a damage phase--field approach on two layers coupled with a cohesive law governing the behaviour of their interface in a one-dimensional setup. For the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Elena Bonetti , Cecilia Cavaterra , Francesco Freddi , Filippo Riva

We present a new phase-field model of solidification which allows efficient computations in the regime when interface kinetic effects dominate over capillary effects. The asymptotic analysis required to relate the parameters in the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Kalin Vetsigian , Nigel Goldenfeld

A phase-field model that takes into account the bending energy of fluid vesicles is presented. The Canham-Helfrich model is derived in the sharp-interface limit. A dynamic equation for the phase-field has been solved numerically to find…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Campelo , A. Hernandez-Machado

In this work, a thermodynamically consistent and conservative diffuse-interface model for gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows is proposed. In this model, a novel free energy for the gas-liquid-solid multiphase flows is established according…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-09 Chengjie Zhan , Xi Liu , Zhenhua Chai , Baochang Shi