In this paper, we present a phenomenological mathematical model for describing the features of the brine channels in sea ice. The differential system is composed of the Ginzburg-Landau and Cahn-Hilliard equations, in addition to the heat equation, that controls the ice-liquid phase transition by the temperature and hence the establishment of brine channels. The compatibility of this system with the thermodynamic laws and a maximum theorem is proved. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

A phase field model for brine channels in sea ice

D Grandi
2013

Abstract

In this paper, we present a phenomenological mathematical model for describing the features of the brine channels in sea ice. The differential system is composed of the Ginzburg-Landau and Cahn-Hilliard equations, in addition to the heat equation, that controls the ice-liquid phase transition by the temperature and hence the establishment of brine channels. The compatibility of this system with the thermodynamic laws and a maximum theorem is proved. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2013
Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche - IMATI -
Brine channels
Phase field
Cahn-Hilliard
Solute separation
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