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Title: The two-dimensional Stefan problem with slightly varying heat flux

Journal Article · · International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
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  1. Univ. of Hull (United Kingdom). Dept. of Applied Mathematics

The authors solve the two-dimensional stefan problem of solidification in a half-space, where the heat flux at the wall is a slightly varying function of positioning along the wall, by means of a large Stefan number approximation (which turns out to be equivalent to a small time solution), and then by means of the Heat Balance Integral Method, which is valid for all time, and which agrees with the large Stefan number solution for small times. A representative solution is given for a particular form of the heat flux perturbation.

OSTI ID:
128767
Journal Information:
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 22, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: Sep-Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English