Multi-component Allen-Cahn equation for elastically stressed solids.
Nonlinear boundary value problem for concave capillary surfaces occurring in single crystal rod growth from the melt.
Numerical analysis of a relaxed variational model of hysteresis in two-phase solids
This paper presents the numerical analysis for a variational formulation of rate-independent phase transformations in elastic solids due to Mielke et al. The new model itself suggests an implicit time-discretization which is combined with the finite element method in space. A priori error estimates are established for the quasioptimal spatial approximation of the stress field within one time-step. A posteriori error estimates motivate an adaptive mesh-refining algorithm for efficient discretization....
Numerical Analysis of a Relaxed Variational Model of Hysteresis in Two-Phase Solids
This paper presents the numerical analysis for a variational formulation of rate-independent phase transformations in elastic solids due to Mielke et al. The new model itself suggests an implicit time-discretization which is combined with the finite element method in space. A priori error estimates are established for the quasioptimal spatial approximation of the stress field within one time-step. A posteriori error estimates motivate an adaptive mesh-refining algorithm for efficient...
Numerical approaches to rate-independent processes and applications in inelasticity
A conceptual numerical strategy for rate-independent processes in the energetic formulation is proposed and its convergence is proved under various rather mild data qualifications. The novelty is that we obtain convergence of subsequences of space-time discretizations even in case where the limit problem does not have a unique solution and we need no additional assumptions on higher regularity of the limit solution. The variety of general perspectives thus obtained is illustrated on several...
On a mathematical model for the crystallization of polymers
We consider a mathematical model proposed in [1] for the cristallization of polymers, describing the evolution of temperature, crystalline volume fraction, number and average size of crystals. The model includes a constraint on the crystal volume fraction. Essentially, the model is a system of both second order and first order evolutionary partial differential equations with nonlinear terms which are Lipschitz continuous, as in [1], or Hölder continuous, as in [3]. The main novelty here is the...
On a numerical model of phase transformation in substitutional alloys
On ab-initio computations for phase change problems in solids
On the numerical modeling of deformations of pressurized martensitic thin films
We propose, analyze, and compare several numerical methods for the computation of the deformation of a pressurized martensitic thin film. Numerical results have been obtained for the hysteresis of the deformation as the film transforms reversibly from austenite to martensite.
On the Numerical Modeling of Deformations of Pressurized Martensitic Thin Films
We propose, analyze, and compare several numerical methods for the computation of the deformation of a pressurized martensitic thin film. Numerical results have been obtained for the hysteresis of the deformation as the film transforms reversibly from austenite to martensite.
Parameters identification of material models based on the inverse analysis
The paper presents an application of the inverse analysis to the identification of two models: a phase transformation model and a rheological model. The optimization algorithm for the inverse analysis was tested for various techniques of searching for the minimum: derivative-free and gradient methods, as well as genetic algorithms. Simulation results were validated for microalloyed niobium steel. An optimization strategy, which is adequate for the inverse analysis, is suggested.
Quasilinear hyperbolic equations with hysteresis
Rank-one connections at infinity and quasiconvex hulls.
Save our stones -- hysteresis phenomenon in porous media
We present a mathematical description of wetting and drying stone pores, where the resulting mathematical model contains hysteresis operators. We describe these hysteresis operators and present a numerical solution for a simplified problem.
Self-similarly expanding networks to curve shortening flow
We consider a network in the Euclidean plane that consists of three distinct half-lines with common start points. From that network as initial condition, there exists a network that consists of three curves that all start at one point, where they form degree angles, and expands homothetically under curve shortening flow. We also prove uniqueness of these networks.
Some regularity results for minimal crystals
We introduce an intrinsic notion of perimeter for subsets of a general Minkowski space ( a finite dimensional Banach space in which the norm is not required to be even). We prove that this notion of perimeter is equivalent to the usual definition of surface energy for crystals and we study the regularity properties of the minimizers and the quasi-minimizers of perimeter. In the two-dimensional case we obtain optimal regularity results: apart from a singular set (which is -negligible and is empty...
Some regularity results for minimal crystals
We introduce an intrinsic notion of perimeter for subsets of a general Minkowski space (i.e. a finite dimensional Banach space in which the norm is not required to be even). We prove that this notion of perimeter is equivalent to the usual definition of surface energy for crystals and we study the regularity properties of the minimizers and the quasi-minimizers of perimeter. In the two-dimensional case we obtain optimal regularity results: apart from a singular set (which is -negligible and is...
Stability of microstructure for tetragonal to monoclinic martensitic transformations
Stability of microstructure for tetragonal to monoclinic martensitic transformations
We give an analysis of the stability and uniqueness of the simply laminated microstructure for all three tetragonal to monoclinic martensitic transformations. The energy density for tetragonal to monoclinic transformations has four rotationally invariant wells since the transformation has four variants. One of these tetragonal to monoclinic martensitic transformations corresponds to the shearing of the rectangular side, one corresponds to the shearing of the square base, and one corresponds to...
Structure of stable solutions of a one-dimensional variational problem
We prove the periodicity of all H2-local minimizers with low energy for a one-dimensional higher order variational problem. The results extend and complement an earlier work of Stefan Müller which concerns the structure of global minimizer. The energy functional studied in this work is motivated by the investigation of coherent solid phase transformations and the competition between the effects from regularization and formation of small scale structures. With a special choice of a bilinear double...