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A compound droplet solidifying on a cold curved surface in a gaseous environment is numerically studied by an axisymmetric three-phase front tracking method. The compound droplet containing an inner core of gas is initially assumed to be part of a sphere, and the curved surface is maintained at temperature below the solidification point of the shell liquid. The effects of the radius of the cold surface, volume change (in terms of the solid-to-liquid density ratio ρsl), supercooling degree (in terms of the Stefan number St), growth angle ϕgr and shell liquid thickness on the solidified droplet shape, the solidification rate and the solidification times are under consideration. Volume expansion (ρsl < 1.0) induces an apex, and volume shrinkage (ρsl > 1.0) results in a cavity on top of... |
