![Sample our Engineering & Technology journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5933/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Engineering-Tech.jpg"})
Abstract
The problem of melting inside an isothermal horizontal cylinder has been numerically studied, considering its three-dimensional behavior. The presented numerical results correspond to two different cases with Rayleigh numbers of 3.68 × 105 and 1.22 × 105, Stefan numbers of 0.04 and 0.133, and a common Prandtl number of 56.9. The flow pattern developed has been numerically visualized, and the melted mass fraction and the Nusselt number on the surface cylinder have been computed. The numerical results presented have been compared with a two-dimensional numerical prediction and with some experimental data.
Notes
Address correspondence to Laboratori de Termotecnia i Energetica, Departament de Maquines i Motors Termics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Colom, E-08222-Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. E-Mail: [email protected]