An investigation of the solutal, thermal and flow fields in unidirectional alloy solidification

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2485-2502

  Simpson, James E ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TIN ALLOYS;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD (CGM);

SOLIDIFICATION;

ALLOY; FLOW FIELD; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0032145234     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00327-X     Document Type: Article

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