Phase Change in a Three-Dimensional Rectangular Cavity Under Electromagnetically Simulated Low Gravity: Top Wall Heating With an Unfixed Material

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 849-878

  Veilleux, Douglas L ^a   Gonçalves, Eduardo ^b   Faghri, Mohammad ^b   Asako, Yutaka ^c   Charmchi, M ^d  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GALLIUM; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MELTING;

LORENTZ FORCE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM);

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 31444449186     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780591006903     Document Type: Article

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