Phase-field modeling of dynamical interface phenomena in fluids

T Ala-Nissila, S Majaniemi, K Elder - Novel methods in soft matter …, 2004 - Springer
We discuss recent developments and applications of phase-field models to describe
interface phenomena far from equilibrium. The basic idea is to coarse-grain over …

Phase-field models for multi-component fluid flows

J Kim - Communications in Computational Physics, 2012 - cambridge.org
In this paper, we review the recent development of phase-field models and their numerical
methods for multi-component fluid flows with interfacial phenomena. The models consist of a …

Quantitative phase-field modeling for wetting phenomena

A Badillo - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
A new phase-field model is developed for studying partial wetting. The introduction of a third
phase representing a solid wall allows for the derivation of a new surface tension force that …

An energetic variational formulation with phase field methods for interfacial dynamics of complex fluids: advantages and challenges

JJ Feng, C Liu, J Shen, P Yue - Modeling of soft matter, 2005 - Springer
The use of a phase field to describe interfacial phenomena has a long and fruitful tradition.
There are two key ingredients to the method: the transformation of Lagrangian description of …

Modeling soft interface dominated systems: A comparison of phase field and Gibbs dividing surface models

A Lamorgese, R Mauri, LMC Sagis - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
The two main continuum frameworks used for modeling the dynamics of soft multiphase
systems are the Gibbs dividing surface model, and the diffuse interface model. In the former …

Influence of disorder strength on phase-field models of interfacial growth

T Laurila, M Pradas, A Hernández-Machado… - Physical Review E …, 2008 - APS
We study the influence of disorder strength on the interface roughening process in a phase-
field model with locally conserved dynamics. We consider two cases where the mobility …

Dynamics and kinetic roughening of interfaces in two-dimensional forced wetting

T Laurila, C Tong, I Huopaniemi, S Majaniemi… - The European Physical …, 2005 - Springer
We consider the dynamics and kinetic roughening of wetting fronts in the case of forced
wetting driven by a constant mass flux into a 2D disordered medium. We employ a coarse …

Modeling of dynamic wetting far from equilibrium

A Carlson, M Do-Quang, G Amberg - Physics of fluids, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper we present simulations of dynamic wetting far from equilibrium based on phase
field theory. In direct simulations of recent experiments JC Bird, S. Mandre, and HA Stone …

Sharp phase field method

A Finel, Y Le Bouar, B Dabas, B Appolaire, Y Yamada… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Phase field modeling offers an extremely general framework to predict microstructural
evolutions in complex systems. However, its computational implementation requires a …

The phase field technique for modeling multiphase materials

I Singer-Loginova, HM Singer - Reports on progress in physics, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews methods and applications of the phase field technique, one of the fastest
growing areas in computational materials science. The phase field method is used as a …