Advances in Nonlinear Analysis (Jul 2018)

Cahn–Hilliard equation on the boundary with bulk condition of Allen–Cahn type

  • Colli Pierluigi,
  • Fukao Takeshi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/anona-2018-0055
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 16 – 38

Abstract

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The well-posedness of a system of partial differential equations with dynamic boundary conditions is discussed. This system is a sort of transmission problem between the dynamics in the bulk Ω and on the boundary Γ. The Poisson equation for the chemical potential and the Allen–Cahn equation for the order parameter in the bulk Ω are considered as auxiliary conditions for solving the Cahn–Hilliard equation on the boundary Γ. Recently, the well-posedness of this equation with a dynamic boundary condition, both of Cahn–Hilliard type, was discussed. Based on this result, the existence of the solution and its continuous dependence on the data are proved.

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