The melting process within spherical enclosures

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3248104· OSTI ID:6030197

Roy, S K; Sengupta, S ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (United States)

In this note, an analysis of the problem assuming a constant wall temperature and a higher solid density, covering the entire melting process, is presented. The method used is an extension of Bareiss and Beer's analysis of the melting process in cylindrical enclosures, but unlike their study no simplifying assumption for the film thickness has been made. In fact, an earlier analysis by this investigator using such a relation gave results which failed to agree with experimental data.

• OSTI ID: 6030197
• Journal Information: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Heat Transfer (Transactions of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Series C); (United States) Vol. 109:2; ISSN 0022-1481; ISSN JHTRA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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