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Prof. Wei Lu

 
 
Prof. Wei Lu

 
Last updated on
03/09/2006

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Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Research Introduction Modeling Simulation Results
   
 
Concept Configurational Force  Phase Separation  Coarsening  Refining  Surface Stress
Model Introduction  Energetics  Kinematics  Kinetics  Variational Statement&Equation  Length Scale  Normalized Equation

 

Normalized Equation

    Normalize the coordinates  and  by b, and the time t by t.  In terms of the dimensionless coordinates and time, Eqs. (5), (14) and (15) are combined into

 

          

(19)

 

Where  and

 

          

(20)

Solving Eq. (19) by finite difference in real space is inefficient.  For example, the time for a typical calculation is on the order of month.  A much better method is to solve the equation in the reciprocal space.  In the simulation part, I will discuss the numerical technique in detail.

 

 

 

 

 

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