Unified approach to simulation on deforming elements with application to phase change problems

Abstract Several different approaches to simulation on deforming finite elements are shown to generate the same weighted residuals formulation for the evolution of the dependent variables. Control of node motion by means of mesh stretching in two dimensions is illustrated in the context of phase change problems. Simulation of problems with large phase boundary excursions shows good agreement with analytic solutions.

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