Heat Transfer Question:
If I understand JHB correctly, he assumes that the the melted water will be in hydrostatic equilibrium with the surrounding ice.
This is true if:
1) the melt water and ice density are equal
2) there is no way for the water to continually squeeze through the pore spaces and or mini-fractures within the ice
If somehow the melt water could continue to escape the confines around the probe, then a lot more energy would be required to melt the additional ice that would strain and move towards the probe again.
Doesn't ice under high pressure behave like a fluid?
Leonardo
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