PREDICTING NATURAL-CONVECTION-DOMINATED PHASE CHANGE PROBLEMS BY CONTROL VOLUME UNSTRUCTURED TRIANGULAR GRID: APPLICATIONS TO THE MELTING OF PURE METAL

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