Abstract
A numerical study of mixed convection melting of a pure metal from an isothermal sliding wall is conducted. A stream function-vorticity-temperature formulation is employed in conjunction with body-fitted coordinates for tracking the irregular shape of the timewise changing solid-liquid phase front. Ten cases are investigated, five for which inertia forces counteract buoyancy forces and five for which they are in the same direction. Results indicate that according to the relative intensity and direction of inertia and buoyancy forces, heat fluxes at the solid-liquid interface are considerably perturbed. The advance and the shape of the phase front as well as the melting rate are also strongly altered.
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