Optimal control of the free boundary in a two-phase Stefan problem

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 657-684

  Hinze, Michael ^a   Ziegenbalg, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjoint approach; Control; Solidification; Stefan condition

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLIDIFICATION; STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD;

ADJOINT APPROACH; CONTAINER WALLS; CONTROL APPROACH; COST FUNCTIONALS; FREE BOUNDARY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; STEFAN CONDITION; TWO PHASE; TWO-PHASE STEFAN PROBLEM;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33947105545     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.09.030     Document Type: Article

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