The effect of turbulence on solidification of a binary metal alloy with electromagnetic stirring

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 716-724

  Prescott, P J ^a   Incropera, F P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid Metals; Materials Processing and Manufacturing Processes; Phase Change Phenomena

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LAMINAR FLOW; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUOYANCY FORCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRING; LEAD-TIN ALLOYS; LEWIS NUMBER; LORENTZ FORCES; MACROSEGREGATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES; SOLIDIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0029110077     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822635     Document Type: Article

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