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Phase field equations describe the novel approach to the Stefan problems. We calculate these equations numerically performed in two-dimensions. We take full advantage of the phase field parameter $\varphi$ to track the interface on which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Jun-ichi Koga

The Stefan problem is a classical free-boundary problem that models phase-change processes and poses computational challenges due to its moving interface and nonlinear temperature-phase coupling. In this work, we develop a physics-informed…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Che-Chia Chang , Te-Sheng Lin , Ming-Chih Lai

In this article we consider a mathematical model of an initial stage of closure electrical contact that involves a metallic vaporization after instantaneous exploding of contact due to arc ignition with power $P_0$ on fixed face $z=0$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-20 T. A. Nauryz

Different one-phase Stefan problems for a semi-infinite slab are considered, involving a moving phase change material as well as temperature dependent thermal coefficients. Existence of at least one similarity solution is proved imposing a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Julieta Bollati , Adriana C. Briozzo

A thermodynamically consistent two-phase Stefan problem with temperature-dependent surface tension and with or without kinetic undercooling is studied. It is shown that these problems generate local semiflows in well-defined state…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Jan Pruess , Gieri Simonett , Mathias Wilke

One dimensional Stefan problems for a semi-infinite material with temperature dependent thermal coefficients are considered. Existence and uniqueness of solution are obtained imposing a Dirichlet or a Robin type condition at fixed face…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-29 Julieta Bollati , María Fernanda Natale , José Abel Semitiel , Domingo Alberto Tarzia

We address the existence and uniqueness of the so-called modified error function that arises in the study of phase-change problems with specific heat and thermal conductivity given by linear functions of the material temperature. This…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Andrea N. Ceretani , Natalia N. Salva , Domingo A. Tarzia

A generalized Neumann solution for the two-phase fractional Lam\'e--Clapeyron--Stefan problem for a semi--infinite material with constant initial temperature and a particular heat flux condition at the fixed face is obtained, when a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-24 Sabrina Roscani , Domingo Tarzia

We study the one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem for the heat equation with a nonlinear boundary condition. We show that all solutions fall into one of three distinct types: global-in-time solutions with exponential decay,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Kensho Araya , Kazuhiro Ishige

A mathematical model for a one-phase change problem (particularly a Stefan problem) with a memory flux, is obtained. The hypothesis that the weighted sum of fluxes back in time is proportional to the gradient of temperature is considered.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Sabrina Roscani , Julieta Bollati , Domingo Tarzia

We develop a new variational formulation of the inverse Stefan problem, where information on the heat flux on the fixed boundary is missing and must be found along with the temperature and free boundary. We employ optimal control framework,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-09 Ugur G. Abdulla

This paper presents the control design of the two-phase Stefan problem. The two-phase Stefan problem is a representative model of liquid-solid phase transition by describing the time evolutions of the temperature profile which is divided by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-31 Shumon Koga , Miroslav Krstic

The classical one-phase Stefan problem describes the temperature distribution in a homogeneous medium undergoing a phase transition, such as ice melting to water. This is accomplished by solving the heat equation on a time-dependent domain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-22 Mahir Hadžić , Steve Shkoller

A one phase Stefan problem in nonlinear conduction is considered. The problem is shown to admit a unique solution for small times. An exact solution is obtained which is a travelling front moving with constant speed.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. de Lillo , M. C. Salvatori

In this paper we formulate a Stefan problem appropriate when the thermophysical properties are distinct in each phase and the phase-change temperature is size or velocity dependent. Thermophysical properties invariably take different values…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-12 Timothy G. Myers , Matthew G. Hennessy , Marc Calvo-Schwarzwälder

The heat transfer model for a one-dimensional supercooled melt during the final stage of solidification is considered. The Stefan problem for the determination of the temperature distribution is solved under the condition that (i) the…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-08-27 G. L. Buchbinder , V. A. Volkov

The non-local in space two-phase Stefan problem (a prototype in phase change problems) can be formulated via a singular nonlinear parabolic integro-differential equation which admits a unique weak solution. This formulation makes Stefan…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-01 Ioannis Athanasopoulos , Luis Caffarelli , Emmanouil Milakis

We develop a new variational formulation of the inverse Stefan problem, where information on the heat flux on the fixed boundary is missing and must be found along with the temperature and free boundary. We employ optimal control framework,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Ugur G. Abdulla

In this paper, a backstepping observer and an output feedback control law are designed for the stabilization of the one-phase Stefan problem. The present result is an improvement of the recent full state feedback backstepping controller…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-28 Shumon Koga , Mamadou Diagne , Miroslav Krstic

We consider local solutions of the two-phase Stefan problem with a "mushy" region. We show that if a (distributional) solution u is locally square integrable then the temperature is continuous.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. K. Korten , C. N. Moore