Natural convection onset during melting of phase change materials: Part I – Effects of the geometry, Stefan number, and degree of subcooling

TY - JOUR

T1 - Natural convection onset during melting of phase change materials

T2 - Part I – Effects of the geometry, Stefan number, and degree of subcooling

AU - Azad, Mohammad

AU - Groulx, Dominic

AU - Donaldson, Adam

N1 - Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ( NSERC ) of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation ( CFI ), the Government of Nova Scotia , and Dalhousie University for their financial assistance. Funding Information: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Mohammad Azad reports financial support was provided by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. Mohammad Azad reports financial support was provided by Government of Nova Scotia. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS

PY - 2021/12

Y1 - 2021/12

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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.107180

DO - 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.107180

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85108289937

SN - 1290-0729

VL - 170

JO - International Journal of Thermal Sciences

JF - International Journal of Thermal Sciences

M1 - 107180

ER -