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An Efficient Rescaling Algorithm for Simulating the Evolution of Multiple Elastically Stressed Precipitates

Amlan K. Barua, Shuwang Li, Hualong Feng, Xiaofan Li & John Lowengrub

Commun. Comput. Phys., 14 (2013), pp. 940-959.

Published online: 2013-10

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In this paper, we propose a space-time rescaling scheme for computing the long time evolution of multiple precipitates in an elastically stressed medium. The algorithm is second order accurate in time, spectrally accurate in space and enables one to simulate the evolution of precipitates in a fraction of the time normally used by fixed-frame algorithms. In particular, we extend the algorithm recently developed for single particle by Li et al. (Li, Lowengrub and Leo, J. Comput. Phys., 335 (2007), 554) to the multiple particle case, which involves key differences in the method. Our results show that without elasticity there are successive tip splitting phenomena accompanied by the formation of narrow channels between the precipitates. In presence of applied elastic field, the precipitates form dendrite-like structures with the primary arms aligned in the principal directions of the elastic field. We demonstrate that when the far-field flux decreases with the effective radius of the system, tip-splitting and dendrite formation can be suppressed, as in the one particle case. Depending on the initial position of the precipitates, we further observe that some precipitates grow while others may shrink, even when a positive far field flux is applied.

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@Article{CiCP-14-940, author = {Amlan K. Barua, Shuwang Li, Hualong Feng, Xiaofan Li and John Lowengrub}, title = {An Efficient Rescaling Algorithm for Simulating the Evolution of Multiple Elastically Stressed Precipitates}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2013}, volume = {14}, number = {4}, pages = {940--959}, abstract = {

In this paper, we propose a space-time rescaling scheme for computing the long time evolution of multiple precipitates in an elastically stressed medium. The algorithm is second order accurate in time, spectrally accurate in space and enables one to simulate the evolution of precipitates in a fraction of the time normally used by fixed-frame algorithms. In particular, we extend the algorithm recently developed for single particle by Li et al. (Li, Lowengrub and Leo, J. Comput. Phys., 335 (2007), 554) to the multiple particle case, which involves key differences in the method. Our results show that without elasticity there are successive tip splitting phenomena accompanied by the formation of narrow channels between the precipitates. In presence of applied elastic field, the precipitates form dendrite-like structures with the primary arms aligned in the principal directions of the elastic field. We demonstrate that when the far-field flux decreases with the effective radius of the system, tip-splitting and dendrite formation can be suppressed, as in the one particle case. Depending on the initial position of the precipitates, we further observe that some precipitates grow while others may shrink, even when a positive far field flux is applied.

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TY - JOUR T1 - An Efficient Rescaling Algorithm for Simulating the Evolution of Multiple Elastically Stressed Precipitates AU - Amlan K. Barua, Shuwang Li, Hualong Feng, Xiaofan Li & John Lowengrub JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 940 EP - 959 PY - 2013 DA - 2013/10 SN - 14 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.251012.271212a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7187.html KW - AB -

In this paper, we propose a space-time rescaling scheme for computing the long time evolution of multiple precipitates in an elastically stressed medium. The algorithm is second order accurate in time, spectrally accurate in space and enables one to simulate the evolution of precipitates in a fraction of the time normally used by fixed-frame algorithms. In particular, we extend the algorithm recently developed for single particle by Li et al. (Li, Lowengrub and Leo, J. Comput. Phys., 335 (2007), 554) to the multiple particle case, which involves key differences in the method. Our results show that without elasticity there are successive tip splitting phenomena accompanied by the formation of narrow channels between the precipitates. In presence of applied elastic field, the precipitates form dendrite-like structures with the primary arms aligned in the principal directions of the elastic field. We demonstrate that when the far-field flux decreases with the effective radius of the system, tip-splitting and dendrite formation can be suppressed, as in the one particle case. Depending on the initial position of the precipitates, we further observe that some precipitates grow while others may shrink, even when a positive far field flux is applied.

Amlan K. Barua, Shuwang Li, Hualong Feng, Xiaofan Li and John Lowengrub. (2013). An Efficient Rescaling Algorithm for Simulating the Evolution of Multiple Elastically Stressed Precipitates. Communications in Computational Physics. 14 (4). 940-959. doi:10.4208/cicp.251012.271212a
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