Research Article

Determination of One Unknown Thermal Coefficient through a Mushy Zone Model with a Convective Overspecified Boundary Condition

Table 2

Formulae for problem (1)ā€“(6) and (31). Explicit formulae for the unknown thermal coefficient , , , , , or and coefficient (or the equation that it must satisfy) and the corresponding restrictions on data that guarantee their validity.

CaseThermal coefficientCoefficient that characterizes the free boundary Restrictions on data

1
2
3,
4Unique positive solution of
, with defined by (36)
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5Unique positive solution of
, with defined by (36)
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6Unique positive solution of
, with defined by (37)