Fluid flow, heat transfer and inclusion motion in a four-strand billet continuous casting tundish

Steel Research International

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 784-796

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continuous casting tundish; Fluid flow; Inclusion motion; Industrial trial; K turbulence model; Mathematical simulation; Random walk model; Thermal buoyancy; Total oxygen

Indexed keywords

BILLETS (METAL BARS); DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; INCLUSIONS; TURBULENCE;

CONTINUOUS CASTING TUNDISH; INCLUSION MOTION; INCLUSION REMOVALS; INDUSTRIAL TRIAL; KΕ TURBULENE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION; RANDOM WALK MODEL; THERMAL BUOYANCE; TOTAL OXYGEN;

CONTINUOUS CASTING;

EID: 28244449628     PISSN: 16113683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/srin.200506097     Document Type: Article

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