Thermal instability in a layer of water formed by melting ice from below
The transition in the mode of heat transfer from conduction to convection in a layer of water formed continuously by melting ice from below has been determined experimentally. This was accomplished by locating the inflection point on the curve relating the water-ice interface (or melting front) and time. Thus, the critical Rayleigh number, Rac, at which convective heat transfer started can be correlated empirically as a function of warm plate temperature. Homogeneous, bubble-free ice was prepared and used in all the experiments. (Author)
Print Book, English, 1969
U.S. Army Materiel Command, Terrestrial Sciences Center, Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H., 1969
iv, 12 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
5325820
"DA Task 1T061102B52A02."