A Numerical Simulation Method of Transient Thermal Contact Conductance

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leitao LI
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Thermal Contact ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Thermal Contact Conductance ◽  
Contact Conductance ◽  
Numerical Simulation Method ◽  
Transient Thermal

Deformation and Solidification of Droplet Impact With Variable Thermal Contact Resistance

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Wang ◽  
H.-H. Qiu ◽  
P. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Contact Resistance ◽  
Thermal Contact Resistance ◽  
Thermal Contact ◽  
Solidification Process ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Thermal Contact Conductance ◽  
Contact Conductance ◽  
Molten Droplet ◽  
Comparison Results

Interfacial thermal contact resistance between the impinging flow of a molten droplet and a substrate, which is qualified by thermal contact conductance, plays an important role in the spreading and solidification of a droplet. In the present study, a simple correlation for the thermal contact conductance in the rapid contact solidification process was developed. With this correlation being directly used in numerical simulation, for the first time, a variable thermal contact resistance was taken into consideration to simulate both the dynamics and phase change responses during a molten droplet impingement. Numerical results were compared with that of the cases when thermal contact resistance was zero or a constant. The changes in spread factor with time and thermal contact conductance indicated that predictions from the computer simulation were sensitive to the values of thermal contact resistance. Experiment was conducted to demonstrate the validity of the present study. Comparison results showed that rather than using a constant average value, better agreement between the experimental and numerical results would be obtained if a variable thermal contact resistance were used in the numerical simulation.

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