Permeability of the mushy zone in aluminum alloys: Evaluation of different approaches

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 759-766

  Van Boggelen, Johan W K ^a   Eskin, Dmitry G ^a   Katgerman, Laurens ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR METALS RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERDENDRITIC FLOW; LIQUID FRACTIONS; MUSHY ZONES;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SOLIDIFICATION;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 1442356644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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