The effect of free-floating dendrites and convection on macrosegragation in direct chill cast aluminum alloys Part I: Model development

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 677-686

  Vreeman, Christopher J ^a   Krane, Matthew John M ^b   Incropera, Frank P ^c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Binary alloys; Continuous casting; Direct chill casting; Equiaxed dendrites; Fluid flow; Heat transfer; Macrosegregation; Natural convection; Semi continuous casting; Shrinkage; Solidification; Thermosolutal buoyancy

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING ELEMENTS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; BINARY MIXTURES; INGOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CASTING; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SHRINKAGE;

DENDRITES; DIRECT CHILL CASTING; MACROSEGREGATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ALUMINUM ALLOY; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; SHRINKAGE;

EID: 0343384081     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00174-X     Document Type: Article

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