A new oscillatory instability in a mushy layer during the solidification of binary alloys

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 245-267

  Anderson, D M ^a,b   Worster, M Grae ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION;

MUSHY LAYER; OSCILLATORY CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; STEFAN NUMBER;

BINARY ALLOYS;

ALLOYS; BINARY; INSTABILITY; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0029674198     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096000110     Document Type: Article

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