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Solid Liquid Phase Change

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How to model volume change in solid liquid Phase Change in comsol??


1 Reply Last Post Jul 9, 2023, 11:47 a.m. EDT
Amin Kazemi Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Toronto

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Posted: 1 year ago Jul 9, 2023, 11:47 a.m. EDT

You have to: 1) Use either of moving mesh or deformed geometry 2) Apply the phase change boundary condition to the solid-liquid interface 3) Use temperature dependant densities (not constant densities) to account for the volume change.

You have to: 1) Use either of moving mesh or deformed geometry 2) Apply the phase change boundary condition to the solid-liquid interface 3) Use temperature dependant densities (not constant densities) to account for the volume change.

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