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We propose and analyze a structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) to simulate the motion of closed curves governed by area-conserved generalized mean curvature flow in two dimensions (2D). We first present a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-28 Lifang Pei , Yifei Li

We propose and analyze a unified structure-preserving parametric finite element method (SP-PFEM) for the anisotropic surface diffusion of curves in two dimensions $(d=2)$ and surfaces in three dimensions $(d=3)$ with an arbitrary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

When a liquid film lies on a non-wettable substrate, the configuration is unstable and the film then retracts from a solid substrate to form droplets. This phenomenon, known as dewetting, commonly leads to undesirable morphological changes.…

This paper presents a general theory and isogeometric finite element implementation for studying mass conserving phase transitions on deforming surfaces. The mathematical problem is governed by two coupled fourth-order nonlinear partial…

We propose and analyze structure-preserving parametric finite element methods (SP-PFEM) for evolution of a closed curve under different geometric flows with arbitrary anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\boldsymbol{n})$ for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

The problem of simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in three dimensions (3D) by using a sharp-interface approach is considered in this paper. Based on the thermodynamic variation, a speed method is used for calculating the first…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-03-03 Wei Jiang , Quan Zhao , Weizhu Bao

We propose a novel formulation for parametric finite element methods to simulate surface diffusion of closed curves, which is also called as the curve diffusion. Several high-order temporal discretizations are proposed based on this new…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Harald Garcke , Wei Jiang , Chunmei Su , Ganghui Zhang

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Meng Li , Chunjie Zhou

Currently existing energy-stable parametric finite element methods for surface diffusion flow and other flows are usually limited to first-order accuracy in time. Designing a high-order algorithm for geometric flows that can also be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Meng Li , Yihang Guo , Jingjiang Bi

We propose a class of temporally high-order parametric finite element methods for simulating solid-state dewetting of thin films in two dimensions using a sharp-interface model. The process is governed by surface diffusion and contact point…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Xiaowen Gan , Yuqian Teng , Sisheng Wang

We present a diffuse-interface model for the solid-state dewetting problem with anisotropic surface energies in ${\mathbb R}^d$ for $d\in\{2,3\}$. The introduced model consists of the anisotropic Cahn--Hilliard equation, with either a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-15 Harald Garcke , Patrik Knopf , Robert Nürnberg , Quan Zhao

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…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-01-10 Wei Jiang , Yan Wang , Quan Zhao , David J. Srolovitz , Weizhu Bao

We propose and analyze volume-preserving parametric finite element methods for surface diffusion, conserved mean curvature flow and an intermediate evolution law in an axisymmetric setting. The weak formulations are presented in terms of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-08 Weizhu Bao , Harald Garcke , Robert Nurnberg , Quan Zhao

We deal with a long-standing problem about how to design an energy-stable numerical scheme for solving the motion of a closed curve under {\sl anisotropic surface diffusion} with a general anisotropic surface energy $\gamma(\boldsymbol{n})$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-27 Weizhu Bao , Wei Jiang , Yifei Li

We demonstrate a method for filtering images defined on curved surfaces embedded in 3D. Applications are noise removal and the creation of artistic effects. Our approach relies on in-surface diffusion: we formulate Weickert's edge/coherence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Emma Naden , Thomas März , Colin B. Macdonald

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Weizhu Bao , Yifei Li

We propose and analyze a semi-discrete parametric finite element scheme for solving the area-preserving curve shortening flow. The scheme is based on Dziuk's approach (SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 36(6): 1808-1830, 1999) for the anisotropic curve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-12 Wei Jiang , Chunmei Su , Ganghui Zhang

Solid-state dewetting is the process by which thin solid films break up and retract on a substrate, forming nanostructures. While dewetting of single-crystalline films is understood as a surface-energy-driven process mediated by surface…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-25 Paul Hoffrogge , Nils Becker , Daniel Schneider , Britta Nestler , Axel Voigt , Marco Salvalaglio

Based on a recent novel formulation of parametric anisotropic curve shortening flow, we analyse a fully discrete numerical method of this geometric evolution equation. The method uses piecewise linear finite elements in space and a backward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Klaus Deckelnick , Robert Nürnberg

We introduce a novel formulation for the evolution of parametric curves by anisotropic curve shortening flow in ${\mathbb R}^d$, $d\geq2$. The reformulation hinges on a suitable manipulation of the parameterization's tangential velocity,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Klaus Deckelnick , Robert Nürnberg