Phase separation in a gravity field

Pavel Krejčí; Elisabetta Rocca; Jürgen Sprekels

doi:10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.391

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2011, Volume 4, Issue 2: 391-407. Doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.391

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Phase separation in a gravity field

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Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Žitná 25, CZ-11567 Praha 1
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WIAS Weierstrass Institute, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Milano, Via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano
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Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstrasse 39, D–10117 Berlin

Received: April 30, 2009

Revised: July 31, 2009

Published: March 2011

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We prove here well-posedness and convergence to equilibria for the solution trajectories associated with a model for solidification of the liquid content of a rigid container in a gravity field. We observe that the gravity effects, which can be neglected without considerable changes of the process on finite time intervals, have a substantial influence on the long time behavior of the evolution system. Without gravity, we find a temperature interval, in which all phase distributions with a prescribed total liquid content are admissible equilibria, while, under the influence of gravity, the only equilibrium distribution in a connected container consists in two pure phases separated by one plane interface perpendicular to the gravity force.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 80A22; Secondary: 74C05, 35K50.

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