Sharp Interface Limit of a Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn System with Vanishing Mobility

Helmut Abels (U of Regensburg)

Nov 11. 2025, 09:00 — 09:40

We consider the sharp interface limit of a Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn system, when a parameter $\varepsilon>0$ that is proportional to the thickness of the diffuse interface tends to zero, in a two dimensional bounded domain. In dependence on the mobility coefficient in the Allen-Cahn equation in dependence on $\varepsilon>0$ different limit systems or non-convergence can occur. In the case that the mobility vanishes as $\varepsilon$ tends to zero slower than quadratic we prove convergence of solutions to a smooth solution of a classical sharp interface model for well-prepared and sufficiently smooth initial data. The proof is based on a relative entropy method and the construction of sufficiently smooth solutions of a suitable perturbed sharp interface limit system. This is a joint work with Julian Fischer and Maximilian Moser (ISTA Klosterneuburg, Austria).

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Serena Dipierro (UWA, Perth)
Julian Fischer (ISTA, Klosterneuburg)
Matteo Novaga (U Pisa)
Elisabetta Rocca (U of Pavia)
Xavier Ros-Oton (U of Barcelona)
Ulisse Stefanelli (U of Vienna)
Enrico Valdinoci (UWA, Perth)