Self-similar solutions to a kinetic model for grain growth

DOI10.1007/S00332-011-9122-1zbMATH Open1255.35071arXiv1107.3712OpenAlexW2069702032MaRDI QIDQ715475FDOQ715475

Barbara Niethammer, Philippe Laurençot, Michael Herrmann

Publication date: 29 October 2012

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove the existence of self-similar solutions to the Fradkov model for two-dimensional grain growth, which consists of an infinite number of nonlocally coupled transport equations for the number densities of grains with given area and number of neighbours (topological class). For the proof we introduce a finite maximal topological class and study an appropriate upwind-discretization of the time dependent problem in self-similar variables. We first show that the resulting finite dimensional differential system has nontrivial steady states. Afterwards we let the discretization parameter tend to zero and prove that the steady states converge to a compactly supported self-similar solution for a Fradkov model with finitely many equations. In a third step we let the maximal topology class tend to infinity and obtain self-similar solutions to the original system that decay exponentially. Finally, we use the upwind discretization to compute self-similar solutions numerically.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3712

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zbMATH Keywords

kinetic modelself-similar solutionupwind discretizationFradkov modelgrain growthnonlocally coupled transport equationstwo-dimensional grain growth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Self-similar solutions to PDEs (35C06) PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics (35Q82) Structured surfaces and interfaces, coexistent phases (74A50) Initial value problems for systems of nonlinear first-order PDEs (35F55) Initial-boundary value problems for systems of nonlinear first-order PDEs (35F61)

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