We present an existence result for the Cahn{Hilliard equation with a concentration dependent mobility which allows the mobility to degenerate. Formal asymptotic results relate the Cahn{Hilliard equation with a degenerate mobility to motion by surface diiusion V = ? S. We state a local existence result for this geometric motion and show that circles are asymptotically stable.

We study the existence of weak solutions to a mixture model for tumour growth that consists of a Cahn–Hilliard–Darcy system coupled with an elliptic reactiondiffusion equation. The Darcy law gives rise to an elliptic equation for the pressure that is coupled to the convective Cahn–Hilliard equation through convective and source terms. Both Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions are considered ...

Abstract In this article, we present a second-order in time implicit-explicit (IMEX) local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method for computing the Cahn-Hilliard equation, which describes the phase separation phenomenon. It is well-known that the Cahn-Hilliard equation has a nonlinear stability property, i.e., the free-energy functional decreases with respect to time. The discretized Cahn-Hilliard...

The aim of this paper is to study the well-posedness and long time behavior, in terms of finite-dimensional attractors, of a perturbed Cahn–Hilliard equation. This equation differs from the usual Cahn–Hilliard by the presence of the term ε(−Δu+ f (u)). In particular, we prove the existence of a robust family of exponential attractors as ε goes to zero.

Abstract. We develop a new infinite dimensional gluing method for fractional elliptic equations. In Part I, as a model problem, we construct a solution of the fractional Allen–Cahn equation vanishing on a rotationally symmetric surface which resembles a catenoid and has sub-linear growth at infinity. In Part II, we construct counterexamples to De Giorgi Conjectures to fractional Allen-Cahn equa...

In this paper, we present an efficient numerical method for multiphase image segmentation using a multiphase-field model. The method combines the vector-valued Allen– Cahn phase-field equation with initial data fitting terms containing prescribed interface width and fidelity constants. An efficient numerical solution is achieved using the recently developed hybrid operator splitting method for ...

A phase separation process model formed by the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the heat equation is considered. The mobility coefficient in the Cahn-Hilliard equation is assumed to be an increasing function of the temperature. This property is of importance at the latest stage of the cooling process. The existence and uniqueness of a weak solution is proved, and a uniform cooling problem is studied....

We present an approximate analytical solution of the Cahn-Hilliard equation describing the coalescence during a first order phase transition. We have identified all the intermediate profiles, stationary solutions of the noiseless Cahn-Hilliard equation. Using properties of the soliton lattices, periodic solutions of the Ginzburg-Landau equation, we have construct a family of ansatz describing c...

A discontinuous Galerkin finite element method has been developed to treat the high-order spatial derivatives appearing in the Cahn–Hilliard equation. The Cahn–Hilliard equation is a fourth-order nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation, originally proposed to model phase segregation of binary alloys. The developed discontinuous Galerkin approach avoids the need for mixed finite elemen...

We study perturbations of the Allen–Cahn equation and prove the convergence to forced mean curvature flow in the sharp interface limit. We allow for perturbations that are square-integrable with respect to the diffuse surface area measure. We give a suitable generalized formulation for forced mean curvature flow and apply previous results for the Allen–Cahn action functional. Finally we discuss...