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We introduce a Phase Field Crystal (PFC) model for particles with n-fold rotational symmetry in two dimensions. Our approach is based on a free energy functional that depends on the reduced one-particle density, the strength of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-02-02 Robert F. B. Weigel , Michael Schmiedeberg

Given an unconditionally stable algorithm for solving the Cahn-Hilliard equation, we present a general calculation for an analytic time step $\d \tau$ in terms of an algorithmic time step $\dt$. By studying the accumulative multi-step error…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Mowei Cheng , James A. Warren

We extend the phase field crystal (PFC) framework to quantitative modeling of polycrystalline graphene. PFC modeling is a powerful multiscale method for finding the ground state configurations of large realistic samples that can be further…

We present Cahn-Hilliard and Allen-Cahn numerical integration algorithms that are unconditionally stable and so provide significantly faster accuracy-controlled simulation. Our stability analysis is based on Eyre's theorem and unconditional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin P. Vollmayr-Lee , Andrew D. Rutenberg

In simulations of fluid motion time accuracy has proven to be elusive. We seek highly accurate methods with strong enough stability properties to deal with the richness of scales of many flows. These methods must also be easy to implement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-14 Victor DeCaria , Sigal Gottlieb , Zachary J. Grant , William J. Layton

Phase field simulations play a key role in the understanding of microstructure evolution in additive manufacturing. However, they have been found extremely computationally expensive. One of the reasons is the small time step requirement to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Chaoqian Yuan , Chinnapat Panwisawas , Ye Lu

We introduce a dislocation density tensor and derive its kinematic evolution law from a phase field description of crystal deformations in three dimensions. The phase field crystal (PFC) model is used to define the lattice distortion,…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-06 Vidar Skogvoll , Luiza Angheluta , Audun Skaugen , Marco Salvalaglio , Jorge Viñals

Based on static and dynamical density functional theory, a phase-field-crystal model is derived which involves both the translational density and the orientational degree of ordering as well as a local director field. The model exhibits…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-19 Hartmut Löwen

We consider a modification of the so-called phase-field crystal (PFC) equation introduced by K.R. Elder et al. This variant has recently been proposed by P. Stefanovic et al. to distinguish between elastic relaxation and diffusion time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-26 Maurizio Grasselli , Hao Wu

The dynamics of phase field crystal (PFC) modeling is derived from dynamical density functional theory (DDFT), for both single-component and binary systems. The derivation is based on a truncation up to the three-point direct correlation…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Zhi-Feng Huang , K. R. Elder , Nikolas Provatas

A new phase field crystal (PFC) type theory is presented, which accounts for the full spectrum of solid-liquid-vapor phase transitions within the framework of a single density order parameter. Its equilibrium properties show the most…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-23 Gabriel Kocher , Nikolas Provatas

One key challenge in Artificial Life is designing systems that display an emergence of complex behaviors. Many such systems depend on a high-dimensional parameter space, only a small subset of which displays interesting dynamics. Focusing…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-03-11 Vassilis Papadopoulos , Guilhem Doat , Arthur Renard , Clément Hongler

We analyse three time integration schemes for unfitted methods in fluid structure interaction. In Alghorithm 1 we propose a fully discrete monolithic algorithm with P1 P1 stabilized finite elements for the fluid problem; for this alghorithm…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Michele Annese

We present a filter stabilization technique for the mildly compressible Euler equations that relies on a linear or nonlinear indicator function to identify the regions of the domain where artificial viscosity is needed and determine its…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Nicola Clinco , Michele Girfoglio , Annalisa Quaini , Gianluigi Rozza

A general procedure to investigate the elastic response and calculate the elastic constants of stressed and unstressed materials through continuum field modeling, particularly the phase field crystal (PFC) models, is presented. It is found…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-09 Zi-Le Wang , Zhi-Feng Huang , Zhirong Liu

We extend the phase field crystal model to accommodate exact atomic configurations and vacancies by requiring the order parameter to be non-negative. The resulting theory dictates the number of atoms and describes the motion of each of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-02-10 Pak Yuen Chan , Nigel Goldenfeld , Jon Dantzig

In this paper, we propose and analyze an efficient numerical method for the anisotropic phase field dendritic crystal growth model, which is challenging because we are facing the nonlinear coupling and anisotropic coefficient in the model.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Yayu Guo , Mejdi Azaiez , Chuanju Xu

We present an explicit multiscale algorithm for solving differential equations for problems with high-frequency modes that can be averaged over by separating and scaling the fast and slow dynamics within a single equation. We introduce a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Maxwell H. Rosen , Manaure Francisquez , Gregory W. Hammett

The phase field crystal (PFC) approach extends the notion of phase field models by describing the topology of the microscopic structure of a crystalline material. One of the consequences is that local variation of the interatomic distance…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-18 V. Heinonen , C. V. Achim , T. Ala-Nissila

We investigate the equilibrium properties of bcc-liquid interfaces modeled with a continuum phase-field crystal (PFC) approach [K. R. Elder and M. Grant, Phys. Rev. E 70, 051605 (2004)]. A multiscale analysis of the PFC model is carried out…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Kuo-An Wu , Alain Karma