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Should Stefan number be changed to a function of melt fraction #9

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jrenaud90 opened this issue Jul 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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Should Stefan number be changed to a function of melt fraction #9

jrenaud90 opened this issue Jul 11, 2019 · 0 comments
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jrenaud90 commented Jul 11, 2019 •
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Right now it is set as a configurable constant.

Looking at Equation 3 in Shoji + Kurita (2014, ApJ vol 789) they state:
St = derivative_vol_melt_fraction * heat_fusion * volume_viscoelastic / (specific_heat * volume_layer)

Is this an accurate model? Where is this derived?
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