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The melting of ice in a hot humid stream of air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Donald L. Turcotte
Donald L. Turcotte
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Now at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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Abstract

By use of appropriate approximations the incompressible stagnation-point ablation rate for ice is determined theoretically. The theory includes both melting and vaporization or condensation. To verify the theory hemispheres of ice were melted in a subsonic wind tunnel with controlled humidity. It is found that the effects of heat transfer and condensation are of equal importance in determining the melt rate. The agreement between theory and experiment is adequate.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , May 1960 , pp. 123 - 129
Copyright
© 1960 Cambridge University Press

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