Design sensitivity and finite element analysis of free surface flows with application to optimal design of casting rigging systems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-442

  Mcdavid, Robert M ^a   Dantzig, Jonathan A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING RIGGING SYSTEMS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; MIXING LENGTH MODEL; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) METHOD;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0032531352     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980915)28:3<419::AID-FLD721>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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