The effect of free-floating dendrites and convection on macrosegregation in direct chill cast aluminum alloys Part II: Predictions for Al-Cu and Al-Mg alloys

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 687-704

  Vreeman, Christopher J ^a   Incropera, Frank P ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Binary alloys; Continuous casting; Direct chill casting; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Macrosegregation; Natural convection; Shrinkage; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BILLETS (METAL BARS); BINARY ALLOYS; BINARY MIXTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CASTING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SHRINKAGE; SOLIDIFICATION;

DENDRITES; DIRECT CHILL CASTING; MACROSEGREGATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ALUMINUM ALLOY; CASTING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0013422686     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00175-1     Document Type: Article

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