Dependence of equilibrium Griffith surface energy on crack speed in phase-field models for fracture coupled to elastodynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 207 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaibhav Agrawal ◽  
Kaushik Dayal
Keyword(s):  
Surface Energy ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Crack Speed ◽  
Phase Field Models

A ξ-vector formulation of anisotropic phase-field models: 3D asymptotics

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Wheeler ◽  
G. B. McFadden
Keyword(s):  
Surface Energy ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Sharp Interface ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Pure Material ◽  
Anisotropic Surface ◽  
Phase Field Models ◽  
New Formulation ◽  
Anisotropic Phase

In this paper we present a new formulation of a large class of phase-field models, which describe solidification of a pure material and allow for both surface energy and interface kinetic anisotropy, in terms of the Hoffman–Cahn ξ-vector. The ξ-vector has previously been used in the context of sharp interface models, where it provides an elegant tool for the representation and analysis of interfaces with anisotropic surface energy. We show that the usual gradient-energy formulations of anisotropic phase-field models are expressed in a natural way in terms of the ξ-vector when appropriately interpreted. We use this new formulation of the phase-field equations to provide a concise derivation of the Gibbs–Thomson–Herring equation in the sharp-interface limit in three dimensions.

scholarly journals Spectral Approximation of Fractional PDEs in Image Processing and Phase Field Modeling

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harbir Antil ◽  
Sören Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Phase Field ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Mathematical Tool ◽  
Phase Field Models ◽  
Field Modeling ◽  
Regularity Properties ◽  
Fractional Pdes ◽  
Fractional Differential ◽  
Fractional Differential Operators

AbstractFractional differential operators provide an attractive mathematical tool to model effects with limited regularity properties. Particular examples are image processing and phase field models in which jumps across lower dimensional subsets and sharp transitions across interfaces are of interest. The numerical solution of corresponding model problems via a spectral method is analyzed. Its efficiency and features of the model problems are illustrated by numerical experiments.

scholarly journals Minimization and Eulerian Formulation of Differential Geormetry Based Nonpolar Multiscale Solvation Models

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Phase Field ◽  
Phase Field Model ◽  
Lagrangian Formulation ◽  
Global Minimizer ◽  
Solvation Model ◽  
Phase Field Models ◽  
Eulerian Formulation ◽  
Solvation Models ◽  
Similarity And Difference ◽  
Nonpolar Solvation

AbstractIn this work, the existence of a global minimizer for the previous Lagrangian formulation of nonpolar solvation model proposed in [1] has been proved. One of the proofs involves a construction of a phase field model that converges to the Lagrangian formulation. Moreover, an Eulerian formulation of nonpolar solvation model is proposed and implemented under a similar parameterization scheme to that in [1]. By doing so, the connection, similarity and difference between the Eulerian formulation and its Lagrangian counterpart can be analyzed. It turns out that both of them have a great potential in solvation prediction for nonpolar molecules, while their decompositions of attractive and repulsive parts are different. That indicates a distinction between phase field models of solvation and our Eulerian formulation.

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