Resolving The Controversy Over Tin And Gallium Melting In A Rectangular Cavity Heated From The Side

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-276

  Mai, Tsun Zee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; GALLIUM; MELTING; TIN;

FLOW CELL STRUCTURE; RECTANGULAR CAVITY;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0242667086     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713836378     Document Type: Article

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