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We introduce a reduced model to study normal grain growth in two dimensions, which is based on the gradient flow structure of the mean curvature flow. In the simplified model, we restrict this gradient flow to grain boundaries which are straight lines. We present simulations for a large number of grains and we also study the effect of anisotropies.
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Henseler, R., Niethammer, B., Otto, F. (2003). A Reduced Model for Simulating Grain Growth. In: Colli, P., Verdi, C., Visintin, A. (eds) Free Boundary Problems. ISNM International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 147. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7893-7_14
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