Mold thermal response and formation of defects in the continuous casting of steel billets - laps and bleeds

Iron and Steelmaker (I and SM)

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 53-69

  Kumar, S ^a,b   Samarasekera, I V ^a   Brimacombe, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HATCH LTD   (Canada)

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