Prediction of the effective thermal conductivity of three-dimensional dendritic regions by the finite element method

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 90-97

  Ravindran, K ^a   Brown, S G R ^a   Spittle, J A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrite growth; Numerical modelling; Solidification; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON-FINITE DIFFERENCE MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENDRITIC MUSHY ZONES;

METAL CASTING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032697654     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5093(99)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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