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The Classical Stefan Problem S.C. Gupta (Professor (Retired), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

The Classical Stefan Problem By S.C. Gupta (Professor (Retired), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Summary

The term 'Stefan problem' is generally used for heat transfer problems with phase-changes. This book emphasises studies related to classical Stefan problems and reports the basic concepts and analysis of classical Stefan problems. It derives the modified Gibbs-Thomson relation on the basis of some thermodynamical and metallurgical considerations.

The Classical Stefan Problem Summary

The Classical Stefan Problem: Basic Concepts, Modelling and Analysis: Volume 45 by S.C. Gupta (Professor (Retired), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

This volume emphasises studies related to classical Stefan problems. The term "Stefan problem" is generally used for heat transfer problems with phase-changes such as from the liquid to the solid. Stefan problems have some characteristics that are typical of them, but certain problems arising in fields such as mathematical physics and engineering also exhibit characteristics similar to them. The term ``classical" distinguishes the formulation of these problems from their weak formulation, in which the solution need not possess classical derivatives. Under suitable assumptions, a weak solution could be as good as a classical solution. In hyperbolic Stefan problems, the characteristic features of Stefan problems are present but unlike in Stefan problems, discontinuous solutions are allowed because of the hyperbolic nature of the heat equation. The numerical solutions of inverse Stefan problems, and the analysis of direct Stefan problems are so integrated that it is difficult to discuss one without referring to the other. So no strict line of demarcation can be identified between a classical Stefan problem and other similar problems. On the other hand, including every related problem in the domain of classical Stefan problem would require several volumes for their description. A suitable compromise has to be made. The basic concepts, modelling, and analysis of the classical Stefan problems have been extensively investigated and there seems to be a need to report the results at one place. This book attempts to answer that need.

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"The book is well organized, so that, in spite of its complexity, the exposition is seemingly effortless and reading is greatly facilitated by a very judicions mixing of phemenomenology and mathematics. A book like this, bridging physics and mathematics in a concrete and readable way, was very much needed. Prof. Gupta's book fulfills that task nicely." --Antonio Fasano (Firenze) in: Zentralblatt MATH Database 1931 - 2005

About S.C. Gupta (Professor (Retired), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Professor S.C. Gupta retired in 1997 from the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He holds a PhD in Solid Mechanics and a DSc in Analytical and Numerical Solutions of Free Boundary Problems. His areas of research are inclusion and inhomogeneity problems, thermoelasticity, numerical computations, analytical and numerical solutions of free boundary problems and Stefan problems. He has published numerous articles in reputed international journals in many areas of his research.

Table of Contents

1. The Stefan Problem and its Classical Formulation2. Thermodynamical and Metallurgical Aspects of Stefan Problems3. Extended Classical Formulations of n-phase Stefan Problems with n>1 4. Stefan Problem with Supercooling : Classical Formulation and Analysis5. Superheating due to Volumetric Heat Sources: Formulation and Analysis6. Steady-State and Degenerate Classical Stefan Problems7. Elliptic and Parabolic Variational Inequalities8. The Hyperbolic Stefan Problem9. Inverse Stefan Problems10. Analysis of the Classical Solutions of Stefan Problems11. Regularity of the Weak Solutions of Some Stefan Problems Appendix A. PreliminariesAppendix B. Some Function Spaces and normsAppendix C. Fixed Point Theorems and Maximum PrinciplesAppendix D. Sobolev Spaces

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The Classical Stefan Problem: Basic Concepts, Modelling and Analysis: Volume 45 by S.C. Gupta (Professor (Retired), Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
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2003-10-22
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