Viscosity solutions to a Cauchy problem of a phase‐field model for solid‐solid phase transitions
Junzhi Zheng · Studies in Applied Mathematics · 2020
Abstract We investigate a partial differential equation which models solid‐solid phase transitions. This model is for martensitic phase transitions driven by configurational force and its counterpart is for interface motion by mean curvature. Mathematically, this equation is a second‐order nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation. And in multidimensional case, its principal part cannot be written into divergence form . We prove the existence and uniqueness of viscosity solution to a Cauchy problem for this model.