Asymptotic results for the Stefan problem with kinetic undercooling (Q4507900)

The paper contains two parts. The first one begins with a general discussion about the Stefan problem with kinetic undercooling, which includes a short review of the literature. The main subject of the first part is the asymptotic analysis of the one dimensional problem \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2},\quad 0<x<s(t) \] \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=-(u+\lambda)\dot s(t), u=\mu\dot s(t) \text{ on } x=s(t), u=1 \text{ on } x=0, s=0 \text{ at }t=0 \] for which asymptotic expressions are obtained for the following cases: (i) small time, (ii) large time (the solution approaches the Neumann solution of the Stefan problem). In the latter case the behaviour for \(\lambda\) large and for \(\lambda\) small is studied. Numerical calculations show that the approximations obtained are very accurate in their range of validity. The second part of the paper deals with the following two dimensional problem \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}+\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2},\quad 0<y<f(x,t) \] \[ u=0 \text{ on } y=0, x<0, \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=0 \text{ on } y=0, x>0, \frac{\partial u}{\partial n}+v_nu=-u=-\lambda v_n \text{ on } y=f(x,t). \] Two cases are studied: \(f(x,0)=\epsilon^2\) with \(u(x,y,0)=0\), and \(f(x,0)=0\). The limit behaviour for \(\epsilon \to 0\) and the asymptotic analysis for small and large time as well as for \(\lambda \to +\infty\) are investigated.