On the Thermodynamics of the Swift-Hohenberg Theory

Abstract

We present the microbalance including the microforces, the first- and second-order microstresses for the Swift--Hohenberg equation concomitantly with their constitutive equations, which are consistent with the free-energy imbalance. We provide an explicit form for the microstress structure for a free-energy functional endowed with second-order spatial derivatives. Additionally, we generalize the Swift--Hohenberg theory via a proper constitutive process. Finally, we present one highly-resolved three-dimensional numerical simulation to demonstrate the particular form of the resulting microstresses and their interactions in the evolution of the Swift--Hohenberg equation.