Mathematical and numerical aspects of a phase-field approach to critical nuclei morphology in solids

DOI10.1007/s10915-008-9207-7zbMath1203.65203MaRDI QIDQ618407

Long-Qing Chen, Qiang Du, Lei Zhang

Publication date: 16 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-008-9207-7

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic elasticity; nucleation; critical nuclei; phase field simulation; solid state phase transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

47J30: Variational methods involving nonlinear operators

80A22: Stefan problems, phase changes, etc.

82D20: Statistical mechanics of solids

65M70: Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

74N15: Analysis of microstructure in solids

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