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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 fractional Stefan problem with a boundary convective condition is solved, where the fractional derivative of order $ \alpha \in (0,1) $ is taken in the Caputo sense. Then an equivalence with other two fractional Stefan problems (the first…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-26 Sabrina Roscani , Eduardo Santillan Marcus

We study the nonlocal Stefan problem, where the phase transition is described by a nonlocal diffusion as well as the change of enthalpy functions. By using a stochastic optimization approach introduced for the local case, we construct…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Raymond Chu , Inwon Kim , Young-Heon Kim , Kyeongsik Nam

We consider the problem of heat conduction with phase change, that is essential for permafrost modeling in Land Surface Models and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. These models require minimal computational effort and an extremely robust…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-04 David Hötten , Jenny Niebsch , Ronny Ramlau , Walter Zulehner

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

A one-dimensional fractional one-phase Stefan problem with a temperature boundary condition at the fixed face is considered. An integral relationship between the temperature and the free boundary is obtained which is equivalent to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-25 Sabrina Roscani , Domingo Tarzia

We consider the problem of recovering the initial condition in the one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem for the heat equation from the knowledge of the position of the melting point. We first recall some properties of the free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Chifaa Ghanmi , Saloua Mani Aouadi , Faouzi Triki

The two-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, composed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-05 Mahir Hadzic , Gustavo Navarro , Steve Shkoller

Solving the Stefan problem, also referred as the heat conduction problem with phase change, is a necessary step to solve phase change problems with convection. In this article, we are interested in using the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Francky Luddens , Corentin Lothodé , Ionut Danaila

We construct examples for the one-phase Stefan problem which show that $\alpha$-concavity of the solution is in general not preserved in time, for $0 \le \alpha <1/2$. In particular, this shows that, in contrast to the case of the heat…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Albert Chau , Ben Weinkove

We assume that the Stefan problem with undercooling has a classical solution until the moment of contact of free boundaries and the free boundaries have finite velocities until the contact. Under these assumptions, we construct a smooth…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. G. Danilov

This paper develops an input-to-state stability (ISS) analysis of the Stefan problem with respect to an unknown heat loss. The Stefan problem represents a liquid-solid phase change phenomenon which describes the time evolution of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Shumon Koga , Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

The (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear boundary value problem, modeling the process of melting and evaporation of metals, is studied by means of the classical Lie symmetry method. All possible Lie operators of the nonlinear heat equation, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-11-30 Roman Cherniha , Sergii Kovalenko

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

We study the regularity of the bounded self-similar solution to the one-phase Stefan problem with fractional diffusion posed on the whole line. In terms of the enthalpy $h(x,t)$, the evolution problem reads \[ \begin{cases} \partial_t h +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Marcos Llorca , Juan Luis Vázquez

We study a one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem with a Neumann boundary condition on the fixed part of the boundary. We construct the unique self-similar solution, and show that starting from arbitrary initial data, solution orbits…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-05 Danielle Hilhorst , Sabrina Roscani , Piotr Rybka

A non-classical initial and boundary value problem for a non-homogeneous one-dimensional heat equation for a semi-infinite material with a zero temperature boundary condition at the face $x=0$ is studied with the aim of finding explicit…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-10-16 Andrea N. Ceretani , Domingo A. Tarzia , Luis T. Villa

Taking into account the recent works \cite{RoTaVe:2020} and \cite{Rys:2020}, we consider a phase-change problem for a one dimensional material with a non-local flux, expressed in terms of the Caputo derivative, which derives in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-15 Sabrina Roscani , Katarzyna Ryszewska , Lucas Venturato

In this paper, we derive a thermodynamically consistent non-isothermal diffuse interface model for phase transition and interface evolution involving heat transfer. This model is constructed by integrating concepts from classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Chun Liu , Jan-Eric Sulzbach , Yiwei Wang

The work in this paper concerns the study of different approximations for one-dimensional one-phase Stefan-like problems with a space-dependent latent heat. It is considered two different problems, which differ from each other in their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-22 Julieta Bollati , Domingo A. Tarzia