Shallow water model of flows in Hall-Héroult cells

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 445-451

  Zikanov, Oleg ^a   Sun, Haijun ^a   Ziegler, Donald P ^b  

^a University of Michigan Dearborn   (United States)

^b ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum reduction; Interface instability; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM REDUCTION; INTERFACE INSTABILITY; MELT FLOWS; NONLINEAR COUPLING;

ALUMINUM; ANODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REDUCTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS;

EID: 2442497543     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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