Classical dynamical density functional theory: from fundamentals to applications

M te Vrugt, H Löwen, R Wittkowski - Advances in Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Classical dynamical density functional theory (DDFT) is one of the cornerstones of modern
statistical mechanics. It is an extension of the highly successful method of classical density …

[HTML][HTML] Phase-field modeling of crystal nucleation in undercooled liquids–A review

L Gránásy, GI Tóth, JA Warren, F Podmaniczky… - Progress in Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
We review how phase-field models contributed to the understanding of various aspects of
crystal nucleation, including homogeneous and heterogeneous processes, and their role in …

Phase transformations, fracture, and other structural changes in inelastic materials

VI Levitas - International Journal of Plasticity, 2021 - Elsevier
Review of selected fundamental topics on the interaction between phase transformations,
fracture, and other structural changes in inelastic materials is presented. It mostly focuses on …

Rapid multiphase-field model development using a modular free energy based approach with automatic differentiation in MOOSE/MARMOT

D Schwen, LK Aagesen, JW Peterson… - Computational Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a novel phase-field model development capability in the open source MOOSE
finite element framework. This facility is based on the “modular free energy” approach in …

Grand-potential-based phase-field model for multiple phases, grains, and chemical components

LK Aagesen, Y Gao, D Schwen, K Ahmed - Physical Review E, 2018 - APS
Grand-potential-based phase-field model for multiple phases, grains, and chemical
components is derived from a grand-potential functional. Due to the grand-potential …

Suppression of coarsening and emergence of oscillatory behavior in a Cahn-Hilliard model with nonvariational coupling

T Frohoff-Hülsmann, J Wrembel, U Thiele - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We investigate a generic two-field Cahn-Hilliard model with variational and nonvariational
coupling. It describes, for instance, passive and active ternary mixtures, respectively. Already …

Modeling and simulation of multi-component immiscible flows based on a modified Cahn–Hilliard equation

Q **a, J Kim, Y Li - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, an efficient method will be developed for the phase-field model of multi-
component immiscible phases. The formulation of surface tension requires the interfaces to …

Large-scale phase-field study of anisotropic grain growth: Effects of misorientation-dependent grain boundary energy and mobility

E Miyoshi, T Takaki, S Sakane, M Ohno… - Computational Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional grain growth behaviors under anisotropic (misorientation-dependent)
grain boundary energy and mobility are investigated via phase-field simulations. Based on a …

Influence of interfacial stress on microstructural evolution in NiAl alloys

AM Roy - JETP Letters, 2020 - Springer
A phase-field model for the phase transition between austenite and martensite and twinning
between two martensitic variants is presented from our previous theory [1] with the main …

Multiphase flows of N immiscible incompressible fluids: a reduction-consistent and thermodynamically-consistent formulation and associated algorithm

S Dong - Journal of Computational Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a reduction-consistent and thermodynamically consistent formulation and an
associated numerical algorithm for simulating the dynamics of an isothermal mixture …