Grain boundary motion arising from the gradient flow of the Aviles-Giga functional (Q2489667)
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Grain boundary motion arising from the gradient flow of the Aviles-Giga functional (English)
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28 April 2006
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The main result of this paper is to demonstrate that a free boundary problem for grain boundary curves arises as the limiting dynamics of the equation \[ \theta_t = - \varepsilon\Delta^2\theta + \varepsilon^{-1} \Delta (| \nabla\theta| ^2 -1)\nabla\theta. \] A matched asymptotic analysis is used to derive a free boundary problem consisting of curve motion coupled along hyperbolic characteristics and junction conditions.
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grain boundaries
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free boundary
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matched asymptotic expansion
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hyperbolic characteristics
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junction conditions
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