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In a porous medium, the porous matrix is not subject to phase change, which occurs only in the fluid material. The effective density of the phase change material used in the Stefan condition depends on the porosity. Thus, a Porous Medium node should be active on each side of the phase change interface.
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Mass conservation should be verified. This can be ensured by using a velocity field calculated by a Fluid Flow interface in the fluid domain. If Solid nodes are used for both phases, they should have the same density, to ensure mass conservation on the material frame.
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No topology changes are allowed for the interface. If some topology change is expected, the Phase Change Material subnode should be used instead.
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The red arrow indicates the location of the solid phase, relatively to the selected boundaries in the Graphics window. Upside and downside settings are based on the global normal vector (nx, ny, nz), that always points from downside to upside. Note that the normal vector (ht.nx, ht.ny, ht.nz) may be oriented differently.
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Tin Melting Front: Application Library path Heat_Transfer_Module/Phase_Change/tin_melting_front
Continuous Casting — Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian Method: Application Library path Heat_Transfer_Module/Thermal_Processing/continuous_casting_ale
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