
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