A numerical investigation of steady convection in mushy layers during the directional solidification of binary alloys

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 356, Issue , 1998, Pages 199-220

  Schulze, T P ^a,b   Worster, M Grae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHANNEL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION;

MUSHY LAYERS; NARROW VERTICAL CHANNELS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLID FRACTION; STEADY CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ALLOY; CONVECTION; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0032501935     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007878     Document Type: Article

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