An existence theorem and weak Lagrange equations for a variational problem of the theory of phase transitions

DOI10.1007/BF02106618MaRDI QIDQ1920799zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors V. G. Osmolovskij

Publication date 8 July 1997

Published in Siberian Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106618

zbMATH Keywords

energy functionalexistence of solutionsglobal minimummodel of phase transitionsweak Lagrange equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10) Variational inequalities (49J40) Variational principles of physics (49S05) Thermodynamics in solid mechanics (74A15) Inhomogeneity in solid mechanics (74E05) Optimization of other properties in solid mechanics (74P10)

Review text

The model of phase transitions in continuous media according to which the total energy of a system consists of the sum of energies of deformation of each of the phases and the area of the interface is considered. For that model an existence theorem for a global minimum and weak Lagrange equations for the energy functional are investigated. To overcome the difficulty connected with the rather complicated structure of the area of the interface between the phases, the perimeter of the set occupied by one of the phases is applied. If the set has a sufficiently smooth boundary then its perimeter coincides with the area of the interface. It is also proved that under additional smoothness the weak Lagrange equations transform into the classical Lagrange equations and a system of boundary conditions on the interface.

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