Modeling the influence of fluid flow on the development of porosity and microstructure in castings

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Stoehr, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; FOUNDRY PRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROSITY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

MACROSEGREGATION; MOLD FILLING;

METAL CASTINGS;

EID: 0032108588     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4433(97)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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