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Abstract.A multidimensional, multiphase problem of Stefan type, involving quasilinear parabolic equations and nonlinear boundary conditions is considered. Regularization techniques and monotonicity methods are exploited. Existence and uniqueness of a weak solution to the problem, as well as continuous and monotone dependence of the solution upon data are shown.

Summary. Discrete approximations are constructed to a nonlinear evolutionary system of partial differential equations arising from modelling the dynamics of solid-state phase transitions of thermomechanical nature in the case of one space dimension. The class of problems considered includes the so-called shape memory alloys, in particular. It is shown that the obtained discrete solutions converge to the solution of the original problem, and numerical simulations for the shape memory alloy Au23Cu3oZn47 demonstrate the quality of the discrete model.

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