3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2026
Transition from classical to ultimate melting
Edoardo Bellincioni, Kevin Zhong, Christopher J. Howland +4
Melting is omnipresent in nature and technology, with applications ranging from metallurgy, biology, food science, and latent thermal energy storage to oceanography, geophysics, an…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Bistability in radiatively heated melt ponds
Rui Yang, Christopher J. Howland, Hao-Ran Liu +2
Melting and solidification processes, intertwined with convective flows, play a fundamental role in geophysical contexts. One of these processes is the formation of melt ponds on g…
physics.flu-dyn2025
A front-tracking immersed-boundary framework for simulating Lagrangian melting problems
Kevin Zhong, Christopher J. Howland, Detlef Lohse +1
In so-called Lagrangian melting problems, a solid immersed in a fluid medium is free to rotate and translate in tandem with its phase-change from solid to liquid. Such configuratio…