An experimental investigation on natural and forced convection in liquid metals

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 547-561

  Argyropoulos, Stavros A ^a   Mikrovas, Anthony C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID METALS; MONITORING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; SPHERES; STEEL; TEMPERATURE;

FORCED CONVECTION; MELTING TIME; METAL BATH; SOLID SPHERES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030086591     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00138-Y     Document Type: Article

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