Implicit enthalpy formulation of phase-change problems on unstructured grid

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 865-875

  Caldwell, J ^a   Date, A W ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Enthalpy formulation; Phase change problems; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PHASE INTERFACES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PHASE-CHANGE PROBLEMS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ENTHALPY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0344236342     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.636     Document Type: Article

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