Fluid flow, heat transfer and solidification in the mold of continuous casters during ladle change

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 953-965

  Lan, X K ^a,b   Khodadadi, J M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Beloit Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS CASTING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LADLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL MOLDING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONTINUOUS CASTERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CASTING; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLD; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 0035263525     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00145-9     Document Type: Article

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