Thixotropic rheology of semisolid metal suspensions

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 164-176

  Burgos, Gilmer R ^a   Alexandrou, Andreas N ^a   Entov, Vladimir ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YIELD STRESS;

SEMISOLID METAL SUSPENSIONS;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 0035281485     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(00)00731-7     Document Type: Article

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