Abstract:
The motion of a melting spherical particle in own melt is considered. A formula for the thrust appearing during flow around the melting particle is derived. The self-similar melting problem is solved for a particle at rest in a quiescent melt to determine the radius of a particle. For a small Reynolds number, it is shown that there exists a critical temperature difference between the particle and the melt such that the accelerating and decelerating regimes of motion are separated.
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