Analysis of yield rate in single crystal casting process using an engineering simulation model

Materials Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 829-835

  Esaka, Hisao ^a   Tamura, Manabu ^a   Shinozuka, Kei ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Engineering model; Grain selection; Preferred growth direction; Turbine blade; Unidirectional solidification; Yield rate

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SOLIDIFICATION;

YIELD RATE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0038458490     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.44.829     Document Type: Article

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