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: Bárcena Petisco, Jon Asier, Fernández Cara, Enrique, Araujo de Souza, Diego
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/154255
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/154255
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2023.08.016
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Free-boundary problems
One-phase Stefan problem
Exact controllability to the trajectories
Global 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 Lyusternik-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.