Linear instability of the electroforming process

✍ Scribed by A. A. Lacey; J. A. McGeough; M. Shillor

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 266 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0833
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00127672

✦ Synopsis

In a mathematical model for the electroforming process a linear stability analysis shows that the metal/electrolyte interface is unstable under small perturbations. Thus the model is ill-posed, so a different dynamic condition on the free boundary is suggested which allows nonuniformities to form but eliminates infinite front velocities, thus reflecting better the actual process.