... solidification The solid–liquid moving boundary problem was first studied by Lamé and Clapeyron [ 1 ] and Neumann (as described in Weber [ 2 ]), but widely published by Stefan [ 3 ], for whom the problem is now named. Since then, the problem has been well-analyzed and Rubenstein [ 4 ] assembled a number...

...Ab. Abdelhakem; Ab. Nouri; L. Hachani; Y. Fautrelle; K. Zaidat A full three-dimensional (3D) numerical simulation of solidification was carried out for a benchmark experiment on a binary Sn-10 wt. %Pb alloy. The experiment process involves a melting stage, a first holding stage at constant...

... materials passive cooling melting solidification Lithium-ion batteries have become more popular as environmental concerns arise day by day. Conventional, petrol-powered vehicles consume many oil resources and cause environmental pollution [ 1 ]. Therefore, electric vehicles have become...

... and thermal characteristics of the solidifying steel strand inside the mold. Three different recirculatory zones are present due to molten steel flow, affecting the thermal and solidification characteristics significantly. The effect of these recirculatory flows on remelting phenomenon, and consequent...

...Ab. Abdelhakem; L. Hachani; K. Zaidat; I. Sari; Y. Fautrelle Experimental analysis of stratification, electromagnetic stirring (EMS), and solidification were carried out for two solidification experiments for a binary Sn–10 wt % Pb alloy. The objective of this study is to examine the effect...

...J. Coleman; A. Plotkowski; B. Stump; N. Raghavan; A. S. Sabau; M. J. M. Krane; J. Heigel; R. E. Ricker; L. Levine; S. S. Babu To understand the process-microstructure relationships in additive manufacturing (AM), it is necessary to predict the solidification characteristics in the melt pool...

... of heat transfer coefficient parameters, latent heat, and modeling error during the solidification of Al–4.5 wt %Cu alloy with the aid of Bayesian framework as an objective function that harmoniously matches the mathematical model and measurements. A 1D transient solidification problem is considered...

... Freezing Solidification Phase change materials (PCMs), which store energy through the solid–liquid phase change, have been studied for use in a wide range of heat transfer applications. The passive nature of their operation, in which energy is stored for dissipation during more favorable...

... 10 2017 06 05 2018 Conduction Heat transfer Melting Manufacturing Solidification There is a wide range of additive manufacturing (AM) techniques currently available where an appropriate technique is chosen based on application requirements such as the mechanical strength...

.... , and Succi , S. , 2006 , “ Lattice Boltzmann Phase-Field Modelling of Binary-Alloy Solidification ,” Phys. A: Stat. Mech. Appl. , 362 ( 1 ), pp. 78 – 83 . 10.1016/j.physa.2005.09.021 [19] Brent , A. , Voller , V. , and Reid , K. J. , 1988 , “ Enthalpy-Porosity Technique for Modeling...

... September 11, 2017; final manuscript received April 12, 2018; published online May 25, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Ali Khounsary. 11 09 2017 12 04 2018 Heat transfer Melting Melting Thermal stress Thermophysical properties Manufacturing Freezing Solidification In the field...

...M. Chiumenti; M. Cervera; E. Salsi; A. Zonato In this work, a novel phenomenological model is proposed to study the liquid-to-solid phase change of eutectic and hypoeutectic alloy compositions. The objective is to enhance the prediction capabilities of the solidification models based on a-priori...

.... Therm. Fluid. Sci. , 18 ( 4 ), pp. 299 – 306 . 10.1016/S0894-1777(98)10040-7 [7] Hasadi , Y. M. F. E. , and Khodadadi , J. M. , 2013 , “ Numerical Simulation of the Effect of the Size of Suspensions on the Solidification Process of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Phase Change Materials ,” ASME J...

.../s40192-016-0045-4 [3] Swaminathan , C. R. , and Voller , V. R. , 1992 , “ A General Enthalpy Method for Modeling Solidification Processes ,” Metall. Trans. B , 23 ( 5 ), pp. 651 – 664 . 10.1007/BF02649725 [4] Boivineau , M. , Cagran , C. , Doytier , D. , Eyraud , V...

... to several melting and solidification cycles that were simulated by the calorimeter. Nevertheless, the analysis of morphology before the thermal cycles can also give other info about the nanoparticle distribution. Figure 9 shows all SEM micrographs for the nanofluids before (Figs. 9( a ) – 9( e...

...Virkeshwar Kumar; Atul Srivastava; Shyamprasad Karagadde Natural convection during solidification of liquids is known to impact the freezing characteristics and also lead to defect formation. In this study, we report the findings of real-time interferometric observation of bottom-cooled...

... , “ Numerical Study of PCM Solidification in a Finned Tube Thermal Storage Including Natural Convection ,” Appl. Therm. Eng. , 84 , pp. 320 – 330 . 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.03.065 [5] Rao , Z. , Wang , S. , and Zhang , G. , 2011 , “ Simulation and Experiment of Thermal Energy...

...Zi-Qin Zhu; Min-Jie Liu; Nan Hu; Yuan-Kai Huang; Li-Wu Fan; Zi-Tao Yu; Jian Ge The classical problem of inward solidification heat transfer inside a spherical capsule, with an application to thermal energy storage (TES), was revisited in the presence of nano-enhanced phase change materials (NePCM...

...Kyle Fezi; Matthew John M. Krane Numerical simulations of metal alloy solidification are used to gain insight into physical phenomena that cannot be observed experimentally. These models produce results that are used to draw conclusions about a process or alloy and often compared to experimental...

... OURNAL OF H EAT T RANSFER . Manuscript received June 27, 2016; final manuscript received January 27, 2017; published online April 11, 2017. Editor: Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy. 27 06 2016 27 01 2017 Conduction Heat and mass transfer Melting Solidification The phase change...