Abstract
We analyze the heat transport from a heated sphere as it melts its way through a solid medium. The work of Emerman and Turcotte [Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 26 (11) (1983) 1625-1630] is used as a starting point. A thermal layer is added beyond the melt layer to account more accurately for the heat transport to the surrounding medium. This two-layer approach allows us to estimate the extent of the melt region.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1554-1562 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - Apr 2005 |
Keywords
- Heat transport
- Integral balance method
- Stokes' problem
- Thermal layer