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Existence and uniqueness results to a phase transition model based on microscopic accelerations and movements

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2004

Microscopic movements are responsible for the phase transition at the macroscopic level. The power of the microscopic accelerations of these motions is not neglected, as opposed to some previous works, in the derivation of phase transition models accounting for strong dissipation or irreversible phenomena. Such models lead to nonlinear parabolic-hyperbolic systems. Some existence and uniqueness results are established, through ÿxed point and regularization arguments, for related Cauchy-Neumann problems. ?

A Quasi-Stationary Phase-Field Model with Micro-Movements

Applied Mathematics and Optimization, 2004

This note addresses the global strong solvability of a phase-field system arising in connection with a theory of phase transitions recently proposed by M. Frémond . The aim of this novel modelization consists in considering the macroscopic effect of the microscopic movements of particles of the system that undergoes the phase transition. In particular, we shall outline the basic features of this model and deal with the upcoming nonlinear PDE system in the one-dimensional setting by means of an approximation, a priori estimates, passage to the limit procedure.

An integrodifferential model for phase transitions: stationary solutions in higher dimensions

2008

We present a model for nonlocal diffusion with Neumann boundary conditions in a bounded smooth domain prescribing the flux through the boundary. We study the limit of this family of nonlocal diffusion operators when a rescaling parameter related to the kernel of the nonlocal operator goes to zero. We prove that the solutions of this family of problems converge to a solution of the heat equation with Neumann boundary conditions.

Global existence for a class of generalized systems for irreversible phase changes

NoDEA : Nonlinear Differential Equations and Applications, 2002

A nonlinear evolution system is investigated. It can describe a wide class of phase transition phenomena, including irreversible phase changes. The nonlinearities are of various kind and two maximal monotone graphs appear in the phase relaxation equation. An existence result is established for the related Cauchy-Neumann problem by using regularization, truncation, and monotonicity techniques.

Analysis of a nonlinear degenerating PDE system for phase transitions in thermoviscoelastic materials

Journal of Differential Equations, 2008

We address the analysis of a nonlinear and degenerating PDE system, proposed by M. Frémond for modelling phase transitions in viscoelastic materials subject to thermal effects. The system features an internal energy balance equation, governing the evolution of the absolute temperature ϑ, an evolution equation for the phase change parameter χ , and a stress-strain relation for the displacement variable u. The main novelty of the model is that the equations for χ and u are coupled in such a way as to take into account the fact that the properties of the viscous and of the elastic parts influence the phase transition phenomenon in different ways. However, this brings about an elliptic degeneracy in the equation for u which needs to be carefully handled.

An integrodifferential model for phase transitions: stationary solutions in higher space dimensions

1999

We study the existence and stability of stationary solutions of an integrodifferential model for phase transitions, which is a gradient flow for a free energy functional with general nonlocal integrals penalizing spatial nonuniformity. As such, this model is a nonlocal extension of the Allen Cahn equation, which incorporates long-range interactions. We find that the set of stationary solutions for this model is much larger than that of the Allen Cahn equation. Equation (1.2), recently proposed in ref. 3, can model a variety of physical and biological phenomena, e.g., a material whose state is described by an order parameter. Note that (1.2) is an L 2 -gradient flow of the free energy functional E(u)= 1 4 | R n | R n j(x& y)(u(x)&u( y)) 2 dx dy+ | R n W(u(x)) dx (1.3)