Automatic Control of the Temperature in Phase Change Problems with Memory

  • S. Gatti

    Università di Ferrara, Italy

Abstract

We study a parabolic two-phase system with memory occupying a bounded and smooth domain. The heat exchange at part of the boundary is controlled by a thermostat. Assuming on the phase variable either a relaxation dynamics or a Stefan condition, we prove existence and uniqueness results for feedback control problems corresponding to two different types of thermostat: the relay switch and the Preisach operator. These results are strictly related to the continuous dependence of the solution on the boundary datum, which is investigated in advance.

Cite this article

S. Gatti, Automatic Control of the Temperature in Phase Change Problems with Memory. Z. Anal. Anwend. 20 (2001), no. 4, pp. 883–914

DOI 10.4171/ZAA/1050