Fluxes through steady chimneys in a mushy layer during binary alloy solidification

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 714, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-151

  Jones, D W R ^a   Worster, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convection in porous media; sea ice; solidification melting

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FLOW FIELDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEA ICE; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ALLOY SOLIDIFICATION; AXISYMMETRIC GEOMETRIES; BAROCLINIC TORQUES; CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIAS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; SOLIDIFICATION/MELTING; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

CHIMNEYS;

ALLOY; FLOW FIELD; GEOMETRY; MELTING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEA ICE; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW;

EID: 84871868435     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.462     Document Type: Article

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