The book is devoted to the application of phase-field (diffuse interface) models in materials science. Phase-field modeling emerged only recently as a theoretical approach to tackle questions concerning the evolution of materials microstructure, the relation between microstructure and materials properties and the transformation and evolution of different phases. This volume brings together the essential thermodynamic ideas as well as the essential mathematical tools to derive phase-field model equations. Starting from an elementary level such that any graduate student familiar with the basic concepts of partial differential equations can follow, it shows how advances in the field of phase-field modeling will come from a combination of thermodynamic, mathematical and computational tools. Also included are two extensive examples of the application of phase-field models in materials science. TOC:From the Contents: Preface.- What is an Interface?- Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Multiphase System.- Thermodynamic Concepts of Phase-Field Modeling.- Asymptotic Analysis.- Application of Diffuse Interface Modeling to Hydrodynamically Driven Growth.- Application to Epitaxial Growth Involving Elasticity.- Appendix A: Numerical Issues of Diffuse Interface Modeling.- References.
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"In total, this very interesting book gives a modern understanding of the problems of phase-field modeling, and may be useful for students and specialists working in this and in related scientific fields." (Zentralblatt MATH 2004, vol. 1039, page 51)
"This book is devoted to an application of the diffuse interface approach to different interfacial growth phenomena, as a whole, and to a discussion of the difference between the sharp interface limit and diffuse interface limit of a phase-field model, in particular. . In total, this very interesting book gives a modern understanding of the problems of phase-field modeling, and may be useful for students and specialists working in this and in related scientific fields." (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1039 (8), 2004)
