Electron. J. Diff. Equ., Vol. 2015 (2015), No. 53, pp. 1-18.

Heat conduction problem of an evaporating liquid wedge

Tomas Barta, Vladislav Janecek, Dalibor Prazak

Abstract:
We consider the stationary heat transfer near the contact line of an evaporating liquid wedge surrounded by the atmosphere of its pure vapor. In a simplified setting, the problem reduces to the Laplace equation in a half circle, subject to a non-homogeneous and singular boundary condition. By classical tools (conformal mapping, Green's function), we reformulate the problem as an integral equation for the unknown Neumann boundary condition in the setting of appropriate fractional Sobolev and weighted space. The unique solvability is then obtained by means of the Fredholm theorem.

Submitted December 17, 2014. Published February 26, 2015.
Math Subject Classifications: 80A20, 45B05, 45E05.
Key Words: Liquid wedge evaporation; heat transfer; laplace equation; singular boundary conditions.

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Tomas Barta
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Department of Mathematical Analysis, Sokolovska 83
186 75 Prague 8, Czech Republic
email: barta@karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Vladislav Janecek
University Paris-Sud, CNRS, Lab FAST, Bat 502
Campus Universitaire, Orsay F-91405, France.
Arcelor Mittal, Voie Romaine, BP 30320
Maizieres-les-Metz, F-57283, France
email: vladislav.janecek@arcelormittal.com
Dalibor Prazak
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Department of Mathematical Analysis, Sokolovska 83
186 75 Prague 8, Czech Republic
email: prazak@karlin.mff.cuni.cz

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