Numerical simulation of melting of ice around a horizontal cylinder

Abstract The problem of outward melting of ice around a horizontal isothermal cylinder is considered. A numerical model in which natural convection induced in the molten water encompassing density inversion is taken into consideration has been developed. Via finite-difference solution of the melting model, numerical simulation of melting of ice has been performed for the cylinder surface temperature T i = 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10°C with cylinder radius of 25.4 mm. The results of the present simulation were found qualitatively valid when compared with the existing experimental data.

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