Numerical modelling of twin-roll casting by the coupled fluid flow and heat transfer model

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 493-509

  Chang, J G ^a   Cheng Iweng, ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Phase change; Twin roll casting process

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PHASE CHANGE MODEL; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION; TWIN ROLL CASTING PROCESS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CASTING; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0031080087     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970215)40:3<493::AID-NME76>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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