Numerical and experimental investigations of melting and solidification processes of high melting point PCM in a cylindrical enclosure

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 869-875

  Elgafy, Ahmed ^a   Mesalhy, Osama ^a   Lafdi, Khalid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MELTING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; LIQUID PHASE FRACTION; MELTING POINT;

SOLIDIFICATION;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELTING; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 11244305399     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1800492     Document Type: Article

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