Advances of and by phase-field modelling in condensed-matter physics

H Emmerich - Advances in Physics, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Phase-field modelling is still a young discipline in condensed-matter physics, which
established itself for the class of systems that can be characterised by domains of different …

Thermodynamically consistent, frame indifferent diffuse interface models for incompressible two-phase flows with different densities

H Abels, H Garcke, G Grün - Mathematical Models and Methods in …, 2012 - World Scientific
A new diffuse interface model for a two-phase flow of two incompressible fluids with different
densities is introduced using methods from rational continuum mechanics. The model fulfills …

Numerical approximations for a three-component Cahn–Hilliard phase-field model based on the invariant energy quadratization method

X Yang, J Zhao, Q Wang, J Shen - Mathematical Models and …, 2017 - World Scientific
How to develop efficient numerical schemes while preserving energy stability at the discrete
level is challenging for the three-component Cahn–Hilliard phase-field model. In this paper …

A Cahn–Hilliard–Darcy model for tumour growth with chemotaxis and active transport

H Garcke, KF Lam, E Sitka, V Styles - Mathematical Models and …, 2016 - World Scientific
Using basic thermodynamic principles we derive a Cahn–Hilliard–Darcy model for tumour
growth including nutrient diffusion, chemotaxis, active transport, adhesion, apoptosis and …

A multiphase Cahn–Hilliard–Darcy model for tumour growth with necrosis

H Garcke, KF Lam, R Nürnberg… - Mathematical Models and …, 2018 - World Scientific
We derive a Cahn–Hilliard–Darcy model to describe multiphase tumour growth taking
interactions with multiple chemical species into account as well as the simultaneous …

Numerical schemes for a three component Cahn-Hilliard model

F Boyer, S Minjeaud - ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and …, 2011 - cambridge.org
In this article, we investigate numerical schemes for solving a three component Cahn-
Hilliard model. The space discretization is performed by using a Galerkin formulation and …

A modified phase field approximation for mean curvature flow with conservation of the volume

M Brassel, E Bretin - Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 2011 - infona.pl
This paper is concerned with the motion of a time‐dependent hypersurface∂ Ω (t) in ℝ d that
evolves with a normal velocity where κ is the mean curvature of∂ Ω (t), and g is an external …

Diffuse interface modelling of soluble surfactants in two-phase flow

H Garcke, KF Lam, B Stinner - arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2559, 2013 - arxiv.org
Phase field models for two-phase flow with a surfactant soluble in possibly both fluids are
derived from balance equations and an energy inequality so that thermodynamic …

Relating phase field and sharp interface approaches to structural topology optimization

L Blank, H Garcke, MH Farshbaf-Shaker… - … and Calculus of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
A phase field approach for structural topology optimization which allows for topology
changes and multiple materials is analyzed. First order optimality conditions are rigorously …

Cahn-Hilliard-Brinkman systems for tumour growth

M Ebenbeck, H Garcke, R Nürnberg - arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08314, 2020 - arxiv.org
A phase field model for tumour growth is introduced that is based on a Brinkman law for
convective velocity fields. The model couples a convective Cahn-Hilliard equation for the …