Numerical investigations of drop solidification on a cold plate in the presence of volume change |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Transportation Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 1 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Viet Nam;2. Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5684, USA;3. Division of Materials Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan;4. Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan;1. Shanghai Key Lab of Vehicle Aerodynamics and Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, Shanghai 201804, China;2. School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 076, India;2. School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1137 Alumni Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada;1. Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;2. Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China |
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| Abstract: | We present a front-tracking/finite difference method for simulation of drop solidification on a cold plate. The problem includes temporal evolution of three interfaces, i.e. solid–liquid, solid–gas, and liquid–gas, that are explicitly tracked under the assumption of axisymmetry. Method validation is carried out by comparing computational results with exact solutions for a two-dimensional Stefan problem, and with related experiments. We then use the method to investigate a drop solidifying on a cold plate in which there exists volume change due to density difference between the solid and liquid phases. Numerical results show that the shape of the solidified drop is profoundly different from the initial liquid one due to the effects of volume change and the tri-junction in terms of growth angles ϕgr on the solidification process. A decrease in the density ratio of solid to liquid ρsl or an increase in the growth angle results in an increase in the height of the solidified drop. The solidification process is also affected by the Stefan number St, the Bond number Bo, the Prandtl number Pr, the Weber number We, the ratios of the thermal properties of the solid to liquid phases ksl and Cpsl. Increasing St, Bo, Pr, We, or ksl decreases the solidified drop height and the time to complete solidification. Moreover, the solidification growth rate is strongly affected by St, ksl and Cpsl. An increase in any of these parameters hastens the growth rate of the solidification interface. Contrarily, increasing ρsl decreases the growth rate. However, other parameters such as ϕgr, Bo, Pr and We have minor effects on the solidification growth rate. |
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| Keywords: | Drop solidification Volume change Three phases Triple point Front-tracking |
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