An illustration of three-dimensional finite difference simulation of heat conduction with phase change and complex boundary conditions, this requires students to adjust boundary
conditions to make the top surface of a regular hexahedral "casting" to freeze last, eliminating macroporosity.
Date
2004-08-24
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Additional Notes
Difficulty level: Sophomore; Solution time: 1 hour; Requisite software: castabox, which in turn requires Illuminator, PETSc and Geomview, all open source.