The Diffuse Interface Approach in Materials Science
Subtitle: Thermodynamic Concepts and Applications of Phase-Field Models (Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9783540004165
Subjects: States of matter; Technology; Materials science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; General; Computational Physics; Dendrite Growth; Diffuse-Interface Modeling; Modeling; Phase-Field Modeling; Scientific Computing; Simulation; Technology / Material Science; Material Science; Physics; Interfaces (Physical sciences)
First sentence: Many inhomogeneous systems involve domains of well-defined phases separated by a distinct interface.
Description: 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.