Modelling of frost growth and densification

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3177-3187

  Le Gall, R ^a   Grillot, J M ^a   Jallut, C ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DENSIFICATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DENSIFICATION RATE; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE FACTOR; FROST GROWTH; VOLUME AVERAGING TECHNIQUE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0031222952     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00359-6     Document Type: Article

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