Development and validation of a thermo-chemo-mechanical model of the baking of ramming paste

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 733-738

  Richard, Daniel ^a   D'Amours, Guillaume ^b   Fafard, Mario ^c   Gakwaya, Augustin ^c   Désuets, Martin ^d  

^a HATCH LTD   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FINITE ELEMENT TOOLBOX; GREEN RAMMING PASTES; THERMO-CHEMO-MECHANICAL MODELS;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

HALL EFFECT DEVICES;

EID: 23244446652     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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