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A investigation of evaporation from porous medium, in term of wet-dry interface. The existence of weak solution and interface are proved using time discretization method. The uniqueness of weak solution and the continuity property of interface are studied also.
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Yang, L. Free boundary problem arising from evaporation from porous medium. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica 10, 233–251 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02006855
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02006855