Effects of liquid superheat during solidification of pure metals in a square cavity

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 499-509

  Rady, M A ^a   Satyamurty, V V ^b   Mohanty, A K ^b  

^a Benha High Institute of Technology   (Egypt)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION; TIN;

MULTI CELLULAR FLOW STRUCTURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031208304     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050151     Document Type: Article

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