Effect of density change on melting of unfixed rectangular phase-change material under low-gravity environment

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 825-838

  Asako, Y ^a   Faghri, M ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENCLOSURES; ENTHALPY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MELTING; PRANDTL NUMBER;

LOW-GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM);

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0033347490     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899274471     Document Type: Article

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