Colliding interfaces in old and new diffuse-interface approximations of Willmore-flow

DOI10.4310/CMS.2014.v12.n1.a6zbMath1297.49044arXiv1209.6531OpenAlexW2068754352MaRDI QIDQ2017235

Andreas Rätz, Matthias Röger, Selim Esedoḡlu

Publication date: 25 June 2014

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6531

zbMATH Keywords

numerical simulationgeometric evolution equationsWillmore flowGamma convergencetopological changeBellettini approximationdiffuse mean curvaturediffuse-interface approximationselastica energyLaplace-Beltrame operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Finite difference methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S20) Numerical methods of relaxation type (49M20)

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