132
Analytical solutions
For
an isothennal condition
on
x = t, so
that
(3.122) are replaced by
K
aU
1
=_H
1
ax
'
x=O;
uz=-V,
um=O,
(3.128)
Goodman and Shea (1960) derived the following set of ordinary differen-
tial equations
(3.129)
(3.130)
(J
=_
V(t_
)_
(t-s)2d(Jz
z 2 s 12kz
dt'
(3.131)
s(t~=O,
Vt
He-
(Jl(t~
=0,
(Jz(t~=
-'3-
6K
.
(3.132)
Poots (1962b) applied the heat-balance integral method to single-phase
melting problems in the semi-infinite region, the cylinder, and the sphere,
by using a two-parameter quadratic profile.
He
also developed a short-
time series solution. Lardner and Pohle (1961) also considered cylindrical
problems.
Goodman (1961, 1964)
and
Boley and Estenssoro (1977) suggested
ways of incorporating variable heat properties in heat-balance integral
methods, though not specifically in relation to problems of phase change.
Imber and Huang (1973) also studied temperature-dependent thennal
properties and when the dependence is linear they concluded
that
the
freezing of a semi-infinite liquid is well approximated by
the
constant
heat-properties solution when the properties
at
the fusion temperature
are used. Oearly, the mathematical manipulation in heat-balance
methods for anything
other
than relatively simple problems can
be
very
lengthy. The choice
of
a satisfactory approximation to the temperature
profile
is
acknowledged to
be
a major difficulty in the heat-balance
approach.
The
use of a higher-order polynomial, for example, does not
necessarily improve the accuracy of the solution. Goodman himself
(1%4), Bell (1978), Langford (1973), and others quote illustrations.
Boley (1973) suggested that improvement
is
obtained when approximate
solutions, such
as
the simple heat-balance method produces, are superim-
posed by using convolution
or
Duhamel integrals,
or
by the method of
images. Boley and Estenssoro (1977) likewise introduced the idea
of
'multiple penetration depths' and expressed the temperature as ,a series,
each
tenn
of which was taken to vanish beyond an unknown penetration