The effect of water ejection and water incursion on the evolution of thermal field during the start-up phase of the direct chill casting process

Journal of Light Metals

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SPEC., 2002, Pages 137-148

  Sengupta, J ^a   Cockcroft, S L ^a   Maijer, D ^a   Wells, M A ^a   Larouche, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

AA5182; ABAQUS; Aluminum ingot; Direct chill casting; Film boiling; Primary cooling; Secondary cooling; Start up phase; Thermal model; Water ejection; Water incursion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES;

DIRECT CHILL CASTING;

METAL CASTING;

EID: 0036705550     PISSN: 14715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-5317(02)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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