On the asymptotic behavior of a phase-field model for elastic phase transitions

We study the asymptotic behavior of a one-dimensional, dynamical model of solid-solid elastic transitions in which the phase is determined by an order parameter. The system is composed of two coupled evolution equations, the mechanical equation of elasticity which is hyperbolic and a parabolic equation in the order parameter. Due to the strong coupling and the lack of smoothing in the hyperbolic equation, the asymptotic behavior of solutions is difficult to determine using standard methods of gradient-like systems. However, we show that under suitable assumptions all solutions approach the equilibrium set weakly, while the phase field stabilizes strongly.     

A Hartman-Grobman theorem for the Cahn-Hilliard and phase-field equations

In this paper, we study the structural stability of the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the phase-field equations. We show that the Cahn-Hilliard equation and the phase-field equations are topologically conjugate to a decoupled system of a linear equation of infinite dimension and an ordinary differential equation which is the reduced equation on the inertial manifold; particularly, the flow nearby hyperbolic stationary solutions is structurally stable.     

Convergence to equilibrium for a parabolic-hyperbolic phase-field system with dynamical boundary condition

This paper is concerned with the well-posedness and the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the following parabolic-hyperbolic phase-field system

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Thermal Shock Crack Propagation of Alumina Simulated With the Phase-Field Method Under Temperature-Dependent Damage Criteria北大核心CSCD

氧化铝陶瓷材料的力学性能受温度影响显著,因此使用相场法模拟热冲击裂纹的扩展时有必要考虑损伤判据的温度相关性.在现有热力学相场模型的基础上通过引入温度相关性损伤判据,修正了相场模型的控制方程.利用该模型对氧化铝陶瓷热冲击实验进行有限元模拟,并将模拟结果与氧化铝热冲击实验结果和不考虑温度相关性损伤判据的有限元模拟结果进行对比.结果表明,通过引入温度相关性损伤判据,可实现对热冲击裂纹的萌生和扩展过程更合理的模拟.     

过冷熔体中枝晶生长的相场法数值模拟

利用相场法模拟了过冷纯金属熔体中的枝晶生长过程,研究了各向导性、界面动力学、热扩散和界面能对枝晶生长的影响.结果表明,热噪声可以促发侧向分支的形成,但不影响枝晶尖端的稳态行为;随着各向异性的增加,枝晶尖端生长速度增加,尖端半径减小;当界面动力学系数减小及在界面动力学系数小于1的条件下热扩散系数减小时,枝晶尖端生长速度随之减小,而尖端半径相应增大;界面能趋于增大枝晶尺度并保持界面在扰动下的稳定,界面能越大,形成侧向分支的趋势越小 关键词： 过冷 枝晶生长 相场法 数值模拟     

Global weak solutions to a phase-field model for motion of grain boundaries

We employ the Galerkin method to prove the global existence of weak solutions to a phase-field model which is suitable to describe a sort of interface motion driven by configurational forces. The higher-order derivative of unknown S exists in the sense of local weak derivatives since it may be not summable over the original open domain. The existence proof is valid in the one-dimensional case.     

多晶材料晶粒生长粗化过程的相场方法模拟

基于采用晶体有序化程度参量ψ和晶体学取向θ来表示多晶粒结构的相场模型,利用自适应有限元方法模拟了多晶材料等温过程中的晶粒粗化现象.模拟结果显示,在曲率作用下,通过晶界迁移弯曲晶界逐渐平直化,小晶粒逐渐被大晶粒吞并,当晶界之间的取向差较小时,满足一定能量和几何条件的两晶粒在界面能作用下会发生转动,合并为单个晶粒.模拟结果与实验结果符合较好.因此,该相场模型可以很好地用来模拟固态相变中多晶材料的生长粗化等现象. 关键词： 相场 晶界迁移 晶粒转动 粗化     

双边扩散枝晶生长的定量相场模型

本文针对非对称双边扩散条件下的二元合金枝晶生长,建立了一个包含溶质截流项的定量相场模型．本模型耦合了非线性热力学函数并采用化学势相等的界面条件．通过对相场方程进行二阶的薄界面渐进分析,并结合溶质拖拽模型,推导出相场迁移率和溶质截流项．随后将模型简化为二元稀溶液合金等温枝晶生长的相场模型以对其进行理论验证．通过在各种相场界面厚度条件下进行数值模拟,测试了本模型的数值收敛性．用所建立的模型模拟了Fe-0．15m01％C合金的等温枝晶生长,将相场模拟结果和经典Gibbs—Thomson关系,线性可解性理论以及改进的Lipton—Glicksman—Kurz（LGK）解析模型进行比较,取得了良好的符合．模拟结果表明本模型能有效地消除延拓的界面厚度所导致的界面异常效应,具有良好的定量模拟能力．而且,本模型能够定量地描述从单边扩散到对称扩散的各种固相扩散迁移率条件下的枝晶生长．     

Effects of internal stresses and intermediate phases on the coarsening of coherent precipitates: A phase-field study

Phase stability, topology and size evolution of precipitates are important factors in determining the mechanical properties of crystalline materials. In this article, the Cahn-Hilliard type of phase-field model was coupled to elasticity equations within a mixed-order Galerkin finite element framework to study the coarsening morphology of coherent precipitates. The effects of capillarity, particle size and fraction, compositional strain, and inhomogeneous elasticity on the kinetics and kinematics of coherent precipitates in a binary dual phase crystal admitting a third intermediate stable/meta-stable phase were investigated. The results demonstrated the ability of the model to simulate coarsening under the concomitant action of Ostwald ripening and mismatch elastic strain mechanisms. Using a phenomenological coarsening power law, coarsening rates were determined to depend on precipitate size and volume fraction, compositional strain, and strain mismatch between precipitates and the matrix. Results also showed that the necking incubation time between two neighboring precipitates depends inversely on the precipitate’s initial sizes; however, under fixed volume fraction of precipitates, any increase in the initial sizes of the precipitates mitigates the coarsening. Meanwhile, the compositional strain and the growth of the intermediate stable/meta-stable phase leads to substantial enhancements of precipitate coarsening.