design I: ice melting analysis

Professor Rosalyn Shieh

Analysis of ice dropping into water droplets from plaster and metal ramps compared to “ideal” water drops. Concludes that metal creates more centralized water dispersion and droplets than plaster melting structures.

Above: Metal compared to ideal

Comparison of ice melting to ideal - plaster, left; metal, right.
Comparison of ice melting to ideal – plaster, left; metal, right.