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

DOI10.4310/CMS.2014.V12.N1.A6zbMATH Open1297.49044arXiv1209.6531OpenAlexW2068754352MaRDI QIDQ2017235FDOQ2017235

Authors: Selim Esedoḡlu, Andreas Rätz, Matthias Röger 

Publication date: 25 June 2014

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

Abstract: This paper is concerned with diffuse-interface approximations of the Willmore flow. We first present numerical results of standard diffuse-interface models for colliding one dimensional interfaces. In such a scenario evolutions towards interfaces with corners can occur that do not necessarily describe the adequate sharp-interface dynamics. We therefore propose and investigate alternative diffuse-interface approximations that lead to a different and more regular behavior if interfaces collide. These dynamics are derived from approximate energies that converge to the $L^1$-lower-semicontinuous envelope of the Willmore energy, which is in general not true for the more standard Willmore approximation.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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