covariant and contravariant base vectorsa i = ∂⃗x∂ξ i , ai = ∇ξ i , i = 1, 2, 3, (12)which are related bya i = 1 J a j × a k , a i = Ja j × a k , a i · a j = δ i,j (13)With the help <strong>of</strong> the following trans<strong>for</strong>mation relationsJ = a 1 · (a 2 × a 3 ) (14)∇ = ∑ ia i∂∂ξ = 1 i J∑i∂∂ξ i Jai ,∂J∂ξ l = J ∑ ia i · ∂a i∂ξ l (15)∂a i∂ξ l = − ∑ s(a i · ∂a s∂ξ l )as ,∂x∂t = − ∑ i(See the appendix <strong>for</strong> detail pro<strong>of</strong>) The original MMPEDa i∂ξ i∂t(16)can be trans<strong>for</strong>med intoor in a fully non-conservative <strong>for</strong>mτ ∂⃗x∂t = p[∑ i,j∂ξ i∂t = p τ ∇ · (G−1 ∇ξ i ), i = 1, 2, 3 (17)τ ∂⃗x∂t = − p J∑ ∂a ii,j∂ξ j (Jaj · G −1 a i ) (18)(a i · G −1 a j ∂⃗x)∂ξ i ∂ξ − ∑ j i,j(a i · ∂G−1∂ξ j a j )∂⃗x∂ξ i ] (19)And if we take Winslow’s monitor function G = ωI, where ω = √ 1 + β 2 u 2 x, the final MMPDEisτ ∂x∂t = p ∑(a i · a j ) ∂ ∂x(ωω 2 ∂ξi ∂ξ ) (20)ji,jOur motivation <strong>for</strong> choosing p is to make the MMPDE behave similarly to a simplediffusion equation, hence here we setp = µω 2 /λ, (21)here λ is the largest eigenvalue <strong>of</strong> the positive-define matrix A = (A i,j ) = (a i · a j )Since period boundary conditions are the most commonly used in phase-field simulations,we discuss an implementation <strong>of</strong> the periodic boundary conditions <strong>for</strong> the MMPDEs. We6
don’t require that the mapping ⃗x( ⃗ ξ, t) maps a unit squre onto a unit square, in stead weassume that−→ x ( ⃗ ξ + (j, k, l), t) =−→ Id( ⃗ ξ, t) + (j, k, l) (22)where −→ Id is the identical mapping. Hence −→ X ( ⃗ ξ) = −→ x ( ⃗ ξ)− −→ Id( ⃗ ξ) is periodic. Interestingly, thiscondition does not require that ⃗x( ⃗ ξ, t) maps a unit square onto a unit square. The <strong>Fourier</strong>spectral implementation considered here allows the mesh moving equations be solved in thesimilar fashion as the phase field equations. With periodic boundary conditions, the physicaldomain does not necessarily maintain a square shape, while the computational domain does.Although the physical domain boundaries are curvy, the condition (??) guarantees that theperiodic copies <strong>of</strong> Ω p (a non-square shape) cover the whole 2-dimensional space as effectivelyas periodic copies <strong>of</strong> the unit square. In particular, it can be seen that (??) implies thatthe area <strong>of</strong> the physical domain Ω p is the same as that <strong>of</strong> Ω c . and the MMPDEs can betrans<strong>for</strong>med into∂ ⃗ X∂t = µ ∑ i,ja i · a jλ∂∂ξ [ω(∂ X ⃗i ∂ξ + j ej )] (23)where e j is the canonical unit vector. The semi-implicit <strong>Fourier</strong> spectral scheme can be usedto solve it numerically. A particular <strong>for</strong>m as used in [?], is give by(1 + µW δτκ 2 )( ˆ¯⃗X∑ a − ˆ⃗X) i · a j ∂= µδτ{λ ∂ξ [ω(∂ X ⃗i ∂ξ + j ei )]} ∧ (24)where ¯⃗ X is the value <strong>of</strong> ⃗ X at the next time step. W is the maximum <strong>of</strong> ω on Ωc , κ denotesthe wave vector, and ∧ represents the <strong>Fourier</strong> trans<strong>for</strong>m.4 <strong>Moving</strong> mesh <strong>for</strong>mulation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Willmore</strong> equationTreating φ as a function <strong>of</strong> ξ and t, we havewhere ⃗x = ∂i,j∂φ( ξ, ⃗ t)=∂t˙⃗x · ∇ x φ + ξ∆ 3 φ − 1 ξ ∆2 W ′ (φ) − 1 ξ ∆(∆φW ′′ (φ)) +∫1ξ ∆(W ξ′(φ)W ′′ (φ)) + M{3 Ω 2 |∇φ|2 + 1 4ξ (φ2 − 1) 2 dx − β}(−ξ∆ 2 φ + 1 ξ ∆W ′ (φ))(25)x( ξ,t) ⃗∂tis the mesh velocity determined from the MMPDE. The convection term˙⃗x · ∇ x φ represents the change <strong>of</strong> inverse image <strong>of</strong> the field variable φ on the computational7