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VOL. 30 | 1992 A survey of Supercooled Steafan problems
Chapter Author(s) J. N. Dewynne
Editor(s) Robert S. Anderssen, Amiya K. Pani
Proc. Centre Math. Appl., 1992: 42-56 (1992)

Abstract

Supercooled Stefan problems describe the freezing of a liquid initially cooled below its freezing point. The liquid and solid phases are separated by a sharp interface that constitutes a moving boundary. Such problems are notoriously ill-posed and not only is a planar moving boundary unstable to small perturbations, but the problem is prone to so called finite time blow up if the degree of initial undercooling is too great. A number of modifications to the the isothermal phase change condition have been proposed in order to prevent finite time blow up. These include applying a Gibbs-Thomson condition and/or a kinetic undercooling condition at the free boundary. A survey of recent results for supercooled Stefan problems, including effects of these modifications, is presented.

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Published: 1 January 1992
First available in Project Euclid: 18 November 2014

zbMATH: 0798.35164
MathSciNet: MR1210749

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