Suppression of flow oscillations in a vertical Bridgman crystal growth system

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 273-278

  Sonda, Paul ^a   Yeckel, Andrew ^a   Derby, Jeffrey J ^a   Daoutidis, Prodromes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GALERKIN METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

FLOW OSCILLATIONS; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE; VERTICAL BRIDGMAN CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEMS;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 2342516364     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/acc.2004.1383617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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