An experimental investigation of the melting process in a rectangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3659-3672

  Wang, Y ^a   Amiri, A ^a   Vafai, K ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT PIPES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLUME FRACTION;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE SOURCE;

MELTING;

BUBBLE GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PIPE;

EID: 0344172518     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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