{"title":"An obstacle problem for elastic curves: Existence results","authors":"Marius Muller","doi":"10.4171/IFB/418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/418","url":null,"abstract":"We consider an obstacle problem for elastic curves with fixed ends. We attempt to extend the graph approach provided in [8]. More precisely, we investigate nonexistence of graph solutions for special obstacles and extend the class of admissible curves in a way that an existence result can be obtained by a penalization argument.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81609820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Schwarz P surfaces and a non local perturbation of the perimeter","authors":"M. Rizzi","doi":"10.4171/IFB/404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79727727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A limit case in non-isotropic two-phase minimization problems driven by $p$-Laplacians","authors":"J. V. Silva, J. Rossi","doi":"10.4171/IFB/406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/406","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we study a minimization problem with two-phases where in each phase region the problem is ruled by a quasi-linear elliptic operator of p−Laplacian type. The problem in its variational form is as follows: min v ∫ Ω∩{v>0} ( 1 p |∇v|p +λ p +(x)+ f+(x)v ) dx+ ∫ Ω∩{v≤0} ( 1 q |∇v|q +λ q −(x)+ f−(x)v ) dx . Here we minimize among all admissible functions v in an appropriate Sobolev space with a prescribed boundary datum v = g on ∂Ω. First, we show existence of a minimizer, prove some properties, and provide an example for non-uniqueness. Moreover, we analyze the limit case where p and q go to infinity, obtaining a limiting free boundary problem governed by the ∞−Laplacian operator. Consequently, Lipschitz regularity for any limiting solution is obtained. Finally, we establish some weak geometric properties for solutions.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"8 1","pages":"379-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87145981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase field modelling of surfactants in multi-phase flow","authors":"Oliver R. A. Dunbar, K. F. Lam, B. Stinner","doi":"10.4171/ifb/429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/429","url":null,"abstract":"A diffuse interface model for surfactants in multi-phase flow with three or more fluids is derived. A system of Cahn-Hilliard equations is coupled with a Navier-Stokes system and an advection-diffusion equation for the surfactant ensuring thermodynamic consistency. By an asymptotic analysis the model can be related to a moving boundary problem in the sharp interface limit, which is derived from first principles. Results from numerical simulations support the theoretical findings. The main novelties are centred around the conditions in the triple junctions where three fluids meet. Specifically the case of local chemical equilibrium with respect to the surfactant is considered, which allows for interfacial surfactant flow through the triple junctions.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88351746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-transversal intersection of the free and fixed boundary in the mean-field theory of superconductivity","authors":"E. Indrei","doi":"10.4171/IFB/423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/423","url":null,"abstract":"Non-transversal intersection of the free and fixed boundary is shown to hold and a classification of blow-up solutions is given for obstacle problems generated by fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators in two dimensions which appear in the mean-field theory of superconducting vortices.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"62 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4171/IFB/423","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72395231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global weak solvability, continuous dependence on data, and large time growth of swelling moving interfaces","authors":"K. Kumazaki, A. Muntean","doi":"10.4171/ifb/431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/431","url":null,"abstract":"We prove a global existence result for weak solutions to a one-dimensional free boundary problem with flux boundary conditions describing swelling along a halfline. Additionally, we show that solutions are not only unique but also depend continuously on data and parameters. The key observation is that the structure of our system of partial differential equations allows us to show that the moving a priori unknown interface never disappears. As main ingredients of the global existence proof, we rely on a local weak solvability result for our problem, uniform estimates of the solution, integral estimates on quantities defined at the free boundary, as well as a fine pointwise lower bound for the position of the moving boundary. Some of the estimates are time-independent. They allow us to explore the large time behavior of the position of the moving boundary. The approach is specific to one-dimensional settings.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89475397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A convex approach to the Gilbert–Steiner problem","authors":"M. Bonafini, 'Edouard Oudet","doi":"10.4171/ifb/436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/436","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a convex relaxation for the Gilbert-Steiner problem both in $R^d$ and on manifolds, extending the framework proposed in [9], and we discuss its sharpness by means of calibration type arguments. The minimization of the resulting problem is then tackled numerically and we present results for an extensive set of examples. In particular we are able to address the Steiner tree problem on surfaces.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84743562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-time behaviour of solutions to a singular heat equation with an application to hydrodynamics","authors":"G. Kitavtsev, R. Taranets","doi":"10.4171/ifb/437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/437","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we extend the results of [1] by proving exponential asymptotic $H^1$-convergence of solutions to a one-dimensional singular heat equation with $L^2$-source term that describe evolution of viscous thin liquid sheets while considered in the Lagrange coordinates. Furthermore, we extend this asymptotic convergence result to the case of a time inhomogeneous source. This study has also independent interest for the porous medium equation theory.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80418972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Derivation of a heteroepitaxial thin-film model","authors":"E. Davoli, Paolo Piovano","doi":"10.4171/ifb/435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ifb/435","url":null,"abstract":"A variational model for epitaxially-strained thin films on rigid substrates is derived both by {Gamma}-convergence from a transition-layer setting, and by relaxation from a sharp-interface description available in the literature for regular configurations. The model is characterized by a configurational energy that accounts for both the competing mechanisms responsible for the film shape. On the one hand, the lattice mismatch between the film and the substrate generate large stresses, and corrugations may be present because film atoms move to release the elastic energy. On the other hand, flatter profiles may be preferable to minimize the surface energy. Some first regularity results are presented for energetically-optimal film profiles.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79715956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Cristoferi, I. Fonseca, Adrian Hagerty, Cristina Popovici
{"title":"A homogenization result in the gradient theory of phase transitions","authors":"R. Cristoferi, I. Fonseca, Adrian Hagerty, Cristina Popovici","doi":"10.4171/IFB/426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/426","url":null,"abstract":"A homogenization problem arising in the gradient theory of ∞uid-∞uid phase transitions is addressed in the vector-valued setting by means of i-convergence.","PeriodicalId":13863,"journal":{"name":"Interfaces and Free Boundaries","volume":"352 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74843487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}