Special Session 51: Phase field models and real world applications

Well-posedness of a phase field model in fluid-structure interaction

Krutika Tawri
University of California Berkeley
USA
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Abstract:
Historically, phase-field methods have been used to model two-phase flows of macroscopically immiscible fluids. However, there have been a few recent efforts in using phase-field methods to model fluid-structure interactions. In this talk, we will discuss a well-posedness result and applications of a new model describing the interaction between an incompressible, viscous fluid and a (poro)viscoelastic structure where the interface between the two different phases is given by a thin smooth transition layer.