Exact controllability to the trajectories of the one-phase Stefan problem

This paper deals with the boundary exact controllability to the trajectories of the one-phase Stefan problem in one spatial dimension. This is a free-boundary problem that models solidification and melting processes. We prove the local exact controllability to (smooth) trajectories. To this purpose,...

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Autores: Barcena Petisco, Jon Asier, Fernández Cara, Enrique, Souza, Diego A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/64888
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64888
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:free-boundary problems
one-phase Stefan problem
exact controllability to the trajectories
Carleman inequalities
inverse function theorem
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Sumario:This paper deals with the boundary exact controllability to the trajectories of the one-phase Stefan problem in one spatial dimension. This is a free-boundary problem that models solidification and melting processes. We prove the local exact controllability to (smooth) trajectories. To this purpose, we first reformulate the problem as the local null controllability of a coupled PDE-ODE system with distributed controls. Then, a new Carleman inequality for the adjoint of the linearized PDE-ODE system, coupled on the boundary through nonlocal in space and memory terms, is presented. This leads to the null controllability of an appropriate linear system. Finally, the result is obtained via local inversion, by using Liusternik-Graves’ Theorem. As a byproduct of our approach, we find that some parabolic equations which contains memory terms located on the boundary are null-controllable.