Melting and solidification

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Melting and solidification find application in the geophysical sciences; industrial forming operations such as casting and laser drilling; latent heat energy storage systems; and food and pharmaceutical processing. Any manmade metal products must undergo liquid forms at some point during manufacturing processes and solidify to form intermediate or final products.

• Classifications
• Boundary Conditions at Interface
• Exact Solutions
• Integral Approximate Solution

Description of integral solution, one-region problem, two-region problem, ablation, and melting and solidification in cylindrical coordinate systems.

• Numerical Solution

Enthalpy method, equivalent heat capacity method, and temperature-transforming model.

• Solidification of a Binary Solution System

Integral approximate method, mixture model and volume-averaging model.

• Melting and Solidification in Porous Media

Convection-controlled melting problem, and an enthalpy model for melting and solidification.

• Related Topics

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