Investigation of the Performance of an Expandable Polystyrene Injector for Use in the Lost-Foam Casting Process

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 843-851

  Wall, K F ^a,b   Bhavnani, S H ^a   Overfelt, R A ^a   Sheldon, D S ^c   Williams, K ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c Vulcan Engineering Company   (United States)

^d Arena flow LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTING; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE (EPS); LOST-FOAM CASTING (LFC);

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0742320318     PISSN: 10735615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-003-0090-1     Document Type: Article

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