Simulation of shrinkage and stress in solidifying steel shells of different grades

Solidification Processes and Microstructures: A Symposium in Honor of Wilfried Kurz

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 33-39

  Meng, Y ^a   Li, Chunsheng ^a   Parkman, Jon ^a   Thomas, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon content; Computation; Continuous casting; Heat flux; Shrinkage; Solidification; SSCT test; Steel; Steel grade; Taper; Thermo mechanical models

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; STEEL GRADES; TAPER; THERMOMECHANICAL MODELS;

AUSTENITE; CARBON STEEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS CASTING; HEAT FLUX; SHRINKAGE; SOLIDIFICATION; STRESSES; VISCOPLASTICITY;

STEEL CASTINGS;

EID: 3042854249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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