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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

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 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 chapter we consider different approximations for the one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem corresponding to the fusion process of a semi-infinite material with a temperature boundary condition at the fixed face and non-linear…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-21 Julieta Bollati , María F. Natale , José A. Semitiel , Domingo A. Tarzia

A brief review of the Stefan problem of solidification from a mixture, and its main numerical solution methods is given. Simulation of this problem in 2D or 3D is most practically done on a regular grid, where a sharp solid-liquid interface…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Robert D. Groot

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

We present a numerical method for the solution of interfacial growth governed by the Stefan model coupled with incompressible fluid flow. An algorithm is presented which takes special care to enforce sharp interfacial conditions on the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-19 Elyce Bayat , Raphael Egan , Daniil Bochkov , Alban Sauret , Frederic Gibou

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

In this paper we consider a one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem corresponding to the solidification process of a semi-infinite material with a convective boundary condition at the fixed face. The exact solution of this problem,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Julieta Bollati , José A. Semitiel , Domingo A. Tarzia

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

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

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

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

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

This paper presents results for the sampled-data boundary feedback control to the Stefan problem. The Stefan problem represents a liquid-solid phase change phenomenon which describes the time evolution of a material's temperature profile…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Shumon Koga , Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

A one-phase Stefan problem for a semi-infinite material is investigated for special functional forms of the thermal conductivity and specific heat depending on the temperature of the phase-change material. Using the similarity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Julieta Bollati , María F. Natale , José A. Semitiel , Domingo A. Tarzia

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

An explicit solution of a similarity type is obtained for a one-phase Stefan problem in a semi-infinite material using Kummer functions. Motivated by [D.A. Tarzia, Relationship between Neumann solutions for two phase Lam\'e-Clapeyron-Stefan…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Julieta Bollati , Domingo Alberto Tarzia

In this paper a one-phase Stefan problem with size-dependent thermal conductivity is analysed. Approximate solutions to the problem are found via perturbation and numerical methods, and compared to the Neumann solution for the equivalent…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-01-04 Francesc Font

We present a strategy for the numerical solution of convection-coupled phase-transition problems, with focus on solidification and melting. We solve for the temperature and flow fields over time. The position of the phase-change interface…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Leonardo Boledi , Benjamin Terschanski , Stefanie Elgeti , Julia Kowalski
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