Numerical simulation of DC casting; interpreting the results of a thermo-mechanical model

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 679-684

  Boender, Wim ^a   Burghardt, André ^a   Van Klaveren, Erik Paul ^a   Rabenberg, Jan ^a  

^a Corus RD and T ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Cold cracking; DC casting; Thermo mechanical model

Indexed keywords

COLD CRACKING; DIRECT CHILL (DC) CASTING; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELS;

ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

CASTING;

EID: 2442663058     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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