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TRANSPORT FROM A VERTICAL ICE SURFACE MELTING IN SALINE WATER.

Author(s) : JOHNSON R. S., MOLLENDORF J. C.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THIS STUDY IS OF IMPORTANCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE WATER MOVEMENT PRODUCED BY MELTING ICEBERGS. THE EXPERIMENT CONSISTED OF MELTING A VERTICAL BUBBLE-FREE SLAB OF ICE IN SALINE WATER MANUFACTURED WITHIN 0.2% OF STANDARD SEA WATER. RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED. THE INTERESTING FACTS TO EMERGE ARE THAT THE NET RESULT OF THE NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW IS UPWARD AND TURBULENT, BUT IN THE LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER THERE IS BIDIRECTIONAL FLOW, THE VELOCITY PROFILES OF WHICH PRODUCE A DESTABILIZING FACTOR WHICH QUICKLY AIDS A CHANGE TO TURBULENCE. D.W.H.

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  • Original title: TRANSPORT FROM A VERTICAL ICE SURFACE MELTING IN SALINE WATER.
  • Record ID : 1985-0945
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 27 - n. 10
  • Publication date: 1984/10

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