Re: An interesting phase field example?

[Daniel Wheeler]

At first glance, Equations 11 and 14 seem to be under-determined. Equation 14 provides N phase field equations for each of the $\phi_i$, yet, Equation 11 provides only one equation for all the $c_i$. Does this make sense? On Apr 20, 2006, at 7:43 AM, hzhatlboro wrote: Hello I have played with FiPy for a couple of weeks but still have no confidence to handle this "complex" problem in the attached paper.  I am interested in this paper is because this is the only paper that I have found so far using phase field method to study the interfacial microstructure.  I am wondering if anyone has any interest to implement the coupled equations, i.e. equations 11 and 14, in the paper using FiPy?  I would be more than happy if someone could shed some light onto this problem or discuss further with respect to this example. Thanks and regards, Zhiheng Huang <JYHuh.pdf> ------------------------------------- Daniel Wheeler Telephone: (301) 975-8358