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Imbibition phenomena have been widely used experimentally and theoretically to study the kinetic roughening of interfaces. We critically discuss the existing experiments and some associated theoretical approaches on the scaling properties…

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Generalized continuum models for describing one-dimensional shear deformations of a Cosserat lattice are considered and their application to describing of structural effects essential for interfaces are discussed. The two-field…

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Surfactants reside at the interface of two-phase flows and significantly influence the flow dynamics. Numerical simulations are essential for a comprehensive understanding of such surfactant-laden flows and require a method that can…

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This article presents a new phase-field formulation for non-equilibrium interface conditions in rapid phase transformations. With a particular way of defining concentration fields, the classical sharp and diffuse (thick) interface theories…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-03 Yue Li , Lei Wang , Junjie Li , Jincheng Wang , Zhijun Wang

Interfaces play a substantial role for the functional properties of structured magnetic materials and magnetic multilayers. Modeling the functional behavior of magnetic materials requires the treatment of the relevant phenomena at the…

By analytically solving some simple models of phase-ordering kinetics, we suggest a mechanism for the onset of non-equilibrium behaviour in colloid-polymer mixtures. These mixtures can function as models of atomic systems; their physics…

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Frictional properties of interfaces with dynamic chemical bonds have been the subject of intensive experimental investigation and modeling, as it provides important insights into the molecular origin of the empirical rate and state laws,…

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In this article, we propose a novel scalar-transport model for the simulation of scalar quantities in two-phase flows with a phase-field method (diffuse-interface method). In a two-phase flow, the scalar quantities typically have disparate…

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Based on the thermodynamic variation to the free energy functional, we propose a sharp-interface model for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films on rigid curved substrates in two dimensions. This model describes the interface…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-11-14 Wei Jiang , Yan Wang , David J. Srolovitz , Weizhu Bao

We present a complete numerical analysis for a general discretization of a coupled flow-mechanics model in fractured porous media, considering single-phase flows and including frictionless contact at matrix-fracture interfaces, as well as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Francesco Bonaldi , Jérôme Droniou , Roland Masson

The Phase-Field Method (PFM) is employed to simulate two-phase flows with the fully-coupled Cahn-Hilliard-Navier-Stokes (CHNS) equations governing the temporal evolution. The methodology minimizes the total energy functional, accounting for…

The internal energy associated with the defect microstructure of strongly deformed crystals provides an important driving force for grain boundary motion during recrystallization. Typical dislocation microstructures are strongly…

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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

We present a new phase-field formulation for the non-equilibrium interface kinetics. The diffuse interface is considered an integral of numerous representative volume elements (RVEs), in which there is a two-phase mixture with two conserved…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-03-20 Yue Li , Lei Wang , Junjie Li , Jincheng Wang , Zhijun Wang

In this paper, we introduce a diffuse interface model for describing the dynamics of mixtures involving multiple (two or more) phases. The coupled hydrodynamical system is derived through an energetic variational approach. The total energy…

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Understanding and predicting microstructure evolution is fundamental to materials science, as it governs the resulting properties and performance of materials. Traditional simulation methods, such as phase-field models, offer high-fidelity…

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We develop a description of diffusion limited growth in solid-solid transformations, which are strongly influenced by elastic effects. Density differences and structural transformations provoke stresses at interfaces, which affect the phase…

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This study presents analytical and numerical investigations of Marangoni interfacial instability in a two-liquid-layer system with constant solute transfer across the interface. While previous research has established that both diffusivity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-02 Xiangwei Li , Dongdong Wan , Mengqi Zhang , Huanshu Tan

Soft lubricated contacts exhibit complex interfacial behaviours governed by the coupled effects of multiscale surface roughness and non-linear fluid-solid interactions. Accurately capturing this interplay across thin-film flows is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-12 Qian Wang , Suhaib Ardah , Tom Reddyhoff , Daniele Dini

We analyze the migration characteristics of a droplet in an oscillatory flow field in a parallel plate micro-confinement. Using phase filed formalism, we capture the dynamical evolution of the droplet over a wide range of the frequency of…

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