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In this paper we address anisotropic and inhomogeneous mean curvature flows with forcing and mobility, and show that the minimizing movements scheme converges to level set/viscosity solutions and to distributional solutions \textit{\`a la}…

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The purpose of this paper is to derive anisotropic mean curvature flow as the limit of the anisotropic Allen-Cahn equation. We rely on distributional solution concepts for both the diffuse and sharp interface models, and prove convergence…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-23 Tim Laux , Kerrek Stinson , Clemens Ullrich

We introduce a new notion of viscosity solutions for the level set formulation of the motion by crystalline mean curvature in three dimensions. The solutions satisfy the comparison principle, stability with respect to an approximation by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-11 Yoshikazu Giga , Norbert Požár

We study forced anisotropic curvature flow of droplets on an inhomogeneous horizontal hyperplane. As in [Bellettini, Kholmatov: J. Math. Pures Appl. (2018)] we establish the existence of smooth flow, starting from a regular droplet and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Shokhrukh Yu. Kholmatov

The nonlinear Forchheimer equations are used to describe the dynamics of fluid flows in porous media when Darcy's law is not applicable. In this article, we consider the generalized Forchheimer flows for slightly compressible fluids, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Thinh T. Kieu

This paper presents an a posteriori error analysis for a coupled continuum pipe-flow/Darcy model in karst aquifers. We consider a unified anisotropic finite element discretization (i.e. elements with very large aspect ratio). Our analysis…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Koffi Wilfrid Houedanou

We provide a mean curvature flow method for numerical cosmology and test it on cases of inhomogenous inflation. The results show (in a proof of concept way) that the method can handle even large inhomogeneities that result from different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-28 Matthew Doniere , David Garfinkle

We consider a compact, star-shaped, mean convex hypersurface $\Sigma^2\subset \mathbb{R}^3$. We prove that in some cases the flow exists until it shrinks to a point in a spherical manner, which is very typical for convex surfaces as well…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-03 Panagiota Daskalopoulos , Natasa Sesum

We consider a convex Euclidean hypersurface that evolves by a volume or area preserving flow with speed given by a general nonhomogeneous function of the mean curvature. For a broad class of possible speed functions, we show that any closed…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-25 Maria Chiara Bertini , Carlo Sinestrari

We prove the Multiplicity One Conjecture for mean curvature flows of surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Specifically, we show that any blow-up limit of such mean curvature flows has multiplicity one. This has several applications. First, combining…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-13 Richard H Bamler , Bruce Kleiner

In this paper, both semidiscrete and completely discrete finite volume element methods (FVEMs) are analyzed for approximating solutions of a class of linear hyperbolic integro- differential equations in a two-dimensional convex polygonal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-22 Samir Karaa , Amiya K. Pani

In this paper, we study surfaces which evolve by anisotropic mean curvature flow with contact angle boundary condition over a strictly convex domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We establish a prior gradient estimate for smooth solutions to this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Can Cui , Nung Kwan Yip

This paper concerns the evolution of a closed convex hypersurface in ${\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$, in direction of its inner unit normal vector, where the speed is given by a smooth function depending only on the mean curvature, and satisfies some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Shunzi Guo

We derive general depth-integrated model equations for overland flows featuring the evolution of suspended sediment that may be eroded from or deposited onto the underlying topography ('morphodynamics'). The resulting equations include…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-29 Jake Langham , Mark J. Woodhouse , Andrew J. Hogg , Luke T. Jenkins , Jeremy C. Phillips

Modeling flow in geosystems with natural fault is a challenging problem due to low permeability of fault compared to its surrounding porous media. One way to predict the behavior of the flow while taking the effects of fault into account is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Youguang Chen , George Biros

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

We consider surface finite elements and a semi-implicit time stepping scheme to simulate fluid deformable surfaces. Such surfaces are modeled by incompressible surface Navier-Stokes equations with bending forces. Here, we consider closed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Veit Krause , Axel Voigt

We consider closed immersed surfaces in R^3 evolving by the geometric triharmonic heat flow. Using local energy estimates, we prove interior estimates and a positive absolute lower bound on the lifespan of solutions depending solely on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-02 James McCoy , Scott Parkins , Glen Wheeler

We consider a surface Stokes problem in stream function formulation on a simply connected oriented surface $\Gamma \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ without boundary. This formulation leads to a coupled system of two second order scalar surface partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Philip Brandner , Arnold Reusken