This comprehensive and self-contained, one-stop source discusses phase-field methodology in a fundamental way, explaining complex mathematical and numerical techniques for solving phase-field and related continuum-field models. It also presents techniques used to model various phenomena in a detailed, step-by-step way, such that readers can carry out their own code developments.

Features many examples of how the methods explained can be used in materials science and engineering applications.

Visit the following page and click on "Examples" to find a file with codes: http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/bySubjectEE00/ISBN3-527-40747-2/?sID=82ekfegtfqadsjnpdnh0rpvkh3