UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS IN PROBLEMS OF MELTING OR SOLIDIFYING SLABS

Abstract

The problem studied is that of a slab, heated in an arbitrary manner on one face and insulated on the other, which melts (or solidifies), the material being allowed to remain stationary after change of phase. Variable material properties are taken into account. After preliminary general considerations, it is shown that the solution to the stated problem is unique. It is then proved that higher rates of melting and higher temperatures will result from certain combinations of the magnitude of the applied heat input and of a fictitious heat source traveling with the solid-liquid interface. From this result a method is developed for the construction of upper and lower bounds to the solution of the problem; an example is also presented. It is also shown that, under the same arbitrary heat input, the rate of melting in the present problem is always lower than that in the companion problem in which the material is instantaneously removed after change of phase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0402809

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  • Bruno A. Boley

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  • Columbia University

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  • Applied Mathematics
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