Study of the effect of convection on close contact melting of high Prandtl number substances

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Groulx, Dominic ^a   Lacroix, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Contact melting; Convection; Experiments; Ice

Indexed keywords

ICE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; PRANDTL NUMBER;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BUOYANCY FORCES; CONTACT MELTING; MELTING RATE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 33845665425     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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