TY - JOUR
TI - Variational iteration method to solve moving boundary problem with temperature dependent physical properties
AU - Singh Jitendra
AU - Gupta Praveen Kumar
AU - Rai Kabindra Nath
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 12
SP - 229
EP - 239
PT - Article
AB - In this paper, variational iteration method is used to solve a moving  boundary problem arising during melting or freezing of a semi infinite egion  when physical properties (thermal conductivity and specific heat) of the two  regions are temperature dependent. The Result is compared with result  obtained by exact method (when thermal conductivity and specific heat in two  regions are temperature independent) and semi analytical method (When thermal  conductivity and specific heat are temperature dependent) and are in good  agreement. We obtain the solution in the form of continuous functions. The  method performs extremely well in terms of efficiency and simplicity and  effective for solving the moving boundary problem.