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In this study, we propose a parametric finite element method for a degenerate multi-phase Stefan problem with triple junctions. This model describes the energy-driven motion of a surface cluster whose distributional solution was studied by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Tokuhiro Eto , Harald Garcke , Robert Nürnberg

Modeling phase change problems numerically is vital for understanding many natural (e.g., ice formation, steam generation) and engineering processes (e.g., casting, welding, additive manufacturing). Almost all phase change materials (PCMs)…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-09-18 Ramakrishnan Thirumalaisamy , Amneet Pal Singh Bhalla

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

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

Recently it was obtained in [Tarzia, Thermal Sci. 21A (2017) 1-11] for the classical two-phase Lam\'e-Clapeyron-Stefan problem an equivalence between the temperature and convective boundary conditions at the fixed face under a certain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Julieta Bollati , Domingo A. Tarzia

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

We study the Stefan problem with surface tension and radially symmetric initial data. In this context, the notion of a so-called physical solution, which exists globally despite the inherent blow-ups of the melting rate, has been recently…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Yucheng Guo , Sergey Nadtochiy , Mykhaylo Shkolnikov

In this article, we develop a cut finite element method for one-phase Stefan problems, with applications in laser manufacturing. The geometry of the workpiece is represented implicitly via a level set function. Material above the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Susanne Claus , Samuel Bigot , Pierre Kerfriden

This paper presents a control design for the one-phase Stefan problem under actuator delay via a backstepping method. The Stefan problem represents a liquid-solid phase change phenomenon which describes the time evolution of a material's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Shumon Koga , Delphine Bresch-Pietri , Miroslav Krstic

We study a nonlocal version of the two-phase Stefan problem, which models a phase transition problem between two distinct phases evolving to distinct heat equations. Mathematically speaking, this consists in deriving a theory for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-05 Emmanuel Chasseigne , Silvia Sastre-Gomez

In this contribution tracking control designs using output feedback are presented for a two-phase Stefan problem arising in the modeling of the Vertical Gradient Freeze process. The two-phase Stefan problem, consisting of two coupled free…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Stefan Ecklebe , Frank Woittennek , Jan Winkler , Christiane Frank-Rotsch , Natasha Dropka

The classical Stefan problem, concerning mere heat-transfer during solid-liquid phase transition, is here enhanced towards mechanical effects. The Eulerian description at large displacements is used with convective and Zaremba-Jaumann…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Tomáš Roubíček

In this article it is proved the existence of similarity solutions for a one-phase Stefan problem with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and a Robin condition at the fixed face. The temperature distribution is obtained through a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-22 Andrea N. Ceretani , Natalia N. Salva , Domingo A. Tarzia

In this paper we consider two different Stefan problems for a semi-infinite material for the non classical heat equation with a source which depends on the heat flux at the fixed face x = 0. One of them (with constant temperature on x = 0)…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 Julieta Bollati , Maria F. Natale , Jose A. Semitiel , Domingo A. 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

We consider a family of multi-phase Stefan problems for a certain 1-d model of cell-to-cell adhesion and diffusion, which takes the form of a nonlinear forward-backward parabolic equation. In each material phase the cell density stays…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-08-04 K. Anguige

Most heat transfer models for bulk crystal growth rely on the classical Stefan formulation to evaluate interface motion during phase change. However, when the interface is non-smooth the use of the classical Stefan formulation may lead to…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-16 Eyan P. Noronha , B. Erik Ydstie

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

We propose a level-set approach to characterize the region occupied by the solid in Stefan problems with and without surface tension, based on their recent probabilistic reformulation. The level-set function is parameterized by a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Mykhaylo Shkolnikov , H. Mete Soner , Valentin Tissot-Daguette

The role of thermal relaxation in nanoparticle melting is studied using a mathematical model based on the Maxwell--Cattaneo equation for heat conduction. The model is formulated in terms of a two-phase Stefan problem. We consider the cases…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Matthew G. Hennessy , Marc Calvo-Schwarzwälder , Timothy G. Myers