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Experiments on fluid flow induced by melting around a migrating heat source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

M. K. Moallemi  and
R. Viskanta
M. K. Moallemi
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette. IN 47907. U.S.A.
R. Viskanta
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette. IN 47907. U.S.A.
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Abstract

A series of melting experiments with a moving horizontal cylindrical heat source at constant surface heat flux have been performed. The heat source was designed in such a way that it could descend under its weight while melting the phase-change material (n-octadecane) surrounding it. The heat-source velocity was measured and the motion and shape of the solid–liquid interface were determined photographically. The effects of the surface heat flux, the density and initial position of the heat source, and the initial subcooling of the solid were investigated and are discussed. Conduction was found to be the dominant heat-transfer mechanism around the lower stagnation point and controlled the terminal velocity of the source. The fluid motion in the melt pool above the heat source was mainly induced by the descent of the source, while natural convection played only a relatively minor role in the motion.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 157 , August 1985 , pp. 35 - 51
Copyright
© 1985 Cambridge University Press

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