Simulation of natural convection melting in a cavity with fin using lattice Boltzmann method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-325

  Jourabian, Mahmoud ^a   Farhadi, Mousa ^a   Sedighi, Kurosh ^a   Darzi, Ahmadali Rabienataj ^a   Vazifeshenas, Yousef ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enthalpy based method; Lattice Boltzmann method; Multidistribution function; Natural convection; Solid liquid phase change

Indexed keywords

D2Q9 MODEL; ENTHALPY-BASED METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MELTING RATES; MELTING TIME; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLID LIQUID PHASE CHANGE; STEFAN NUMBERS; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

ENTHALPY; MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VELOCITY;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84865352417     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2691     Document Type: Article

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