ISSN:
1619-6937
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Summary In this paper a solution of the unsteady free convection boundary-layer equations in porous media is presented for the sudden melting of a thin semi-infinite vertical flat plate. It is assumed that fort〈0 that the steady state temperature and velocity has been obtained and at timet=0 the plate starts to melt. Three distinct phases of the temporal development of the flow are considered. An analytical solution is presented which is valid fort≪1 and which shows the initial decay of the boundary-layer. At very large values oft the boundary-layer will disappear and an analytical solution showing this approach is obtained. A numerical solution which matches these two limiting solutions has been obtained by means of a step-by-step method and these results show good agreement with the theoretical results that are valid at small and large values of time.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01173939
