A reference solution for phase change with convection

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1283-1308

  Hannoun, Noureddine ^a   Alexiades, V ^a,b   Mai, T Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Enthalpy method; Natural convection; Phase change; Pure metal melting; Verification

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; TIN;

BENCHMARK TEST PROBLEM; PHASE CHANGE; PURE TIN;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION;

EID: 23144448128     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.979     Document Type: Article

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