Sharp-interface limits of Cahn-Hilliard models and mechanics with moving contact lines

Publication date 12 January 2023

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10)

Abstract: We construct gradient structures for free boundary problems with nonlinear elasticity and study the impact of moving contact lines. In this context, we numerically analyze how phase-field models converge to certain sharp-interface limits when the interface thickness tends to zero

v a r e p s i l o n o 0

. In particular, we study the scaling of the Cahn-Hilliard mobility

m (v a r e p s i l o n) = m_{0} v a r e p s i l o n^{a} l p h a

for

0 l e a l p h a l e i n f t y

. In the presence of interfaces, it is known that the intended sharp-interface limit is only valid for

u n d e r l i n e a l p h a < a l p h a < o v e r l i n e a l p h a

. However, in the presence of moving contact lines we show that

a l p h a

near

u n d e r l i n e a l p h a

produces significant errors.

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