Numerical discretization of species equation source terms in binary mixture impact on macrosegregation in semicontinuous, direct chill casting systems

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Vreeman, Christopher J ^a,c   Incropera, Frank P ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY MIXTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CASTING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SOLIDIFICATION;

MACROSEGREGATION; NUMERICAL DISCRETIZATION; SPECIES EQUATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0032684117     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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