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The melting of ice in a hot humid stream of air
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2006
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.
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