Stable patterns in a viscous diffusion equation
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Abstract:
We consider a pseudoparabolic regularization of a forward-backward nonlinear diffusion equation ${u_t} = \Delta (f(u) + \nu {u_t})$, motivated by the problem of phase separation in a viscous binary mixture. The function $f$ is non-monotone, so there are discontinuous steady state solutions corresponding to arbitrary arrangements of phases. We find that any bounded measurable steady state solution $u(x)$ satisfying $f(u) = {\text {constant}}$, $f’(u(x)) > 0$ a.e. is dynamically stable to perturbations in the sense of convergence in measure. In particular, smooth solutions may achieve discontinuous asymptotic states. Furthermore, stable states need not correspond to absolute minimizers of free energy, thus violating Gibbs’ principle of stability for phase mixtures.References
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- © Copyright 1991 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 324 (1991), 331-351
- MSC: Primary 35K70; Secondary 35K55, 80A15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1991-1015926-7
- MathSciNet review: 1015926