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The one-dimensional (1D) Stefan problem is a prototypical heat and mass transfer problem that analyzes the temperature distribution in a material undergoing phase change. In addition, it describes the evolution of the phase change front…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-10 Mehran Soleimani , Kimmo Koponen , Nils Tilton , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

A two-phase solidification process for a one-dimensional semi-infinite material is considered. It is assumed that it is ensued from a constant bulk temperature present in the vicinity of the fixed boundary, which it is modelled through a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Andrea N. Ceretani , Domingo A. Tarzia

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

This paper develops a control and estimation design for the one-phase Stefan problem. The Stefan problem represents a liquid-solid phase transition as time evolution of a temperature profile in a liquid-solid material and its moving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-20 Shumon Koga , Mamadou Diagne , Miroslav Krstic

This study investigates the melting process of a three-phase Stefan problem in a semi-infinite material, imposing a convective boundary condition at the fixed face. By employing a similarity-type transformation, the problem is reduced to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Julieta Bollati , María Fernanda Natale , José Abel Semitiel , Domingo Alberto Tarzia

Similarity solutions for a one-dimensional mathematical model for thawing in a saturated semi-infinite porous media is considered when change of phase induces a density jump and a convective boundary condition is imposed at the fixed face…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-22 Andrea N. Ceretani , Domingo A. Tarzia

The present article is dedicated to the forward and backward solution of a transient one-phase Stefan problem. In the forward problem, we compute the evolution of the initial domain for a Stefan problem where the melting temperature varies…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Marc Dambrine , Helmut Harbrecht

From the one-dimensional consolidation of fine-grained soils with threshold gradient, it can be derived a special type of Stefan problems where the seepage front, due to the presence of this threshold gradient, exhibits the features of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-24 Julieta Bollati , Domingo A. Tarzia

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

In this paper a 3-phase Stefan problem solution method for 1D semi-infinity alloy is developed. The problem is first solved for full enthalpy of the system and then the thermal diffusivity has been eliminated from the divergence operator by…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-26 Evgeniy N. Kondrashov

In this paper, we represent the exact solution of a two phase inverse spherical Stefan problem, where along with unknown temperature functions heat flux function has to be determined. Suggested solution is obtained from new form of integral…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-03-16 Merey M. Sarsengeldin , Abdullah S. Erdogan , Targyn A. Nauryz , Hassan Nouri

We study the existence and properties of solutions and free boundaries of the one-phase Stefan problem with fractional diffusion posed in $\mathbb{R}^N$. In terms of the enthalpy $h(x,t)$, the evolution equation reads $\partial_t…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-22 Félix del Teso , Jørgen Endal , Juan Luis Vázquez

In this paper, a backstepping control of the one-phase Stefan Problem, which is a 1-D diffusion Partial Differential Equation (PDE) defined on a time varying spatial domain described by an ordinary differential equation (ODE), is studied. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-18 Shumon Koga , Mamadou Diagne , Shuxia Tang , Miroslav Krstic

We obtain for the two-phase Lam\'e-Clapeyron-Stefan problem for a semi-infinite material an equivalence between the temperature and convective boundary conditions at the fixed face in the case that an inequality for the convective transfer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Domingo Alberto Tarzia

We study multi-phase Stefan problem with increasing Riemann initial data and with generally negative latent specific heats for the phase transitions. We propose the variational formulation of self-similar solutions, which allows to find…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Evgeny Yu. Panov

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

We study self-similar solutions of a multi-phase Stefan problem for a heat equation on the half-line $x>0$ with a constant initial data and with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. In the case of Dirichlet boundary condition we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-22 E. Yu. Panov

We obtain explicit expressions for one unknown thermal coefficient (among the conductivity, mass density, specific heat and latent heat of fusion) of a semi-infinite material through the one-phase fractional Lam\'e-Clapeyron-Stefan problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Domingo Alberto Tarzia

Stefan problems relevant to burning oil-water systems are formulated. Two moving boundary sub-problems are defined: burning liquid surface and formation of a distillation ("hot zone") layer beneath it. The basic model considers a heat…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-14 Jordan Hristov

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