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We proposed a structure-preserving stabilized parametric finite element method (SPFEM) for the evolution of closed curves under anisotropic surface diffusion with an arbitrary surface energy $\hat{\gamma}(\theta)$. By introducing a…
The computational modeling of many engineering problems using the Finite Element method involves the modeling of two or more bodies that meet through an interface. The interface can be physical, as in multi-physics and contact problems, or…
In this work, we consider the three-dimensional solid-state dewetting with strongly anisotropic surface energy, assuming an axisymmetric morphology of the thin film. However, when surface energy exhibits strong anisotropy, certain…
We consider a sharp interface formulation for an anisotropic multi-phase Mullins-Sekerka problem with kinetic undercooling. The flow is characterized by a cluster of surfaces evolving such that the total surface energy plus a weighted sum…
We consider the problem of electrowetting on dielectric (EWoD). The system involves the dynamics of a conducting droplet, which is immersed in another dielectric fluid, on a dielectric substrate under an applied voltage. The fluid dynamics…
In this work, we consider the solid-state dewetting of an axisymmetric thin film on a curved-surface substrate, with the assumption that the substrate morphology is also axisymmetric. Under the assumptions of axisymmetry, the surface…
We consider the evolution of curve networks in two dimensions (2d) and surface clusters in three dimensions (3d). The motion of the interfaces is described by surface diffusion, with boundary conditions at the triple junction points/lines,…
We propose a sharp-interface continuum model based on a thermodynamic variational approach to investigate the strong anisotropic effect on solid-state dewetting including contact line dynamics. For sufficiently strong surface energy…
We present a finite element discretisation to model the interaction between a poroelastic structure and an elastic medium. The consolidation problem considers fully coupled deformations across an interface, ensuring continuity of…
This paper is concerned with the analysis of a new stable space-time finite element method (FEM) for the numerical solution of parabolic evolution problems in moving spatial computational domains. The discrete bilinear form is elliptic on…
Phase transition problems on curved surfaces can lead to a panopticon of fascinating patterns. In this paper we consider finite element approximations of phase field models with a spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic surface energy…
A mathematically challenging model of dynamic wetting as a process of interface formation has been, for the first time, fully incorporated into a numerical code based on the finite element method and applied, as a test case, to the problem…
This work develops and analyzes a variational-monolithic unfitted finite element formulation of a linear fluid-structure interaction problem in Eulerian coordinates with a fixed interface. The overall discretization is based on a backward…
In this paper we present a finite element method (FEM) for two-phase incompressible flows with moving contact lines. We use a sharp interface Navier-Stokes model for the bulk phase fluid dynamics. Surface tension forces, including Marangoni…
In this paper, we propose a multiphysics finite element method for a nonlinear poroelasticity model. To better describe the processes of deformation and diffusion, we firstly reformulate the nonlinear fluid-solid coupling problem into a…
This work proposes a novel model and numerical formulation for lubricated contact problems describing the mutual interaction between two deformable 3D solid bodies and an interposed fluid film. The solid bodies are consistently described…
Many problems in electrical engineering or fluid mechanics can be modeled by parabolic-elliptic interface problems, where the domain for the exterior elliptic problem might be unbounded. A possibility to solve this class of problems…
For the evolution of a closed surface under anisotropic surface diffusion with a general anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\boldsymbol{n})$ in three dimensions (3D), where $\boldsymbol{n}$ is the unit outward normal vector, by introducing…
This paper addresses a two-dimensional sharp interface variational model for solid-state dewetting of thin films with surface energies, introduced by Wang, Jiang, Bao, and Srolovitz in \cite{jiang2016solid}. Using the $H^{-1}$-gradient flow…
Dewetting of liquid films on solid surfaces in the presence of evaporation is a common phenomenon and has been studied by many researchers. The previous numerical approach has revealed that evaporation accelerates the dewetting speed of the…