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DY: Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 52: Statistical Physics far from Thermal Equilibrium
DY 52.2: Talk
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 12:45–13:00, TU H3010
Diffuse-interface model for rapid phase transformations in nonequilibrium systems — •Peter Galenko1 and David Jou2 — 1Institute for Space Simulation, DLR, Cologne, D-51170, Germany — 2Departament de Fisica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
A thermodynamic approach to rapid phase transformations within a diffuse interface in a binary system is developed. Assuming an extended set of independent thermodynamic variables formed by the union of the classic set of slow variables and the space of fast variables, we introduce finiteness of the heat and solute diffusive propagation at the finite speed of the interface advancing. To describe the transformation within the diffuse interface, we use the phase-field model which allows us to follow the steep but smooth change of phases within the width of diffuse interface. The governing equations of the phase-field model are derived for the hyperbolic model, model with memory, and for a model of nonlinear evolution of transformation within the diffuse-interface. The consistency of the model is proved by the condition of positive entropy production and by the outcomes of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. A comparison with the existing sharp-interface and diffuse-interface versions of the model is given