Abstract
In this paper, we derived a model which describes the swelling dynamics of a gel and study the system in one-dimensional geometry with a free boundary. The governing equations are hyperbolic with a weakly dissipative source. Using a mass-Lagrangian formulation, the free boundary is transformed into a fixed boundary. We prove the existence of long-time C1-solutions to the transformed fixed boundary problem.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 165-194 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Flory-Huggins mixing energy
- Gel-swelling
- continuum model
- dissipative mechanisms
- hyperbolic free boundary problem