A numerical method for the treatment of discontinuous thermal conductivity in phase change problems

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-287

  Laouadi, A ^a   Lacroix, M ^a   Galanis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION; VOLUME FRACTION; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

PHASE CHANGE PROBLEMS; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; FIBROUS INSULATION MEDIA; MICROSCOPIC EQUATIONS; MOVING INTERFACE MEDIA; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE CHANGE; THERMAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031700737     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539810206348     Document Type: Article

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