Mathematical simulation of surface wave created in a mold due to submerged entry nozzle

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 606-632

  Dash, Sukanta K ^a   Mondal, Swasti Sunder ^a   Ajmani, Satish K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Wave properties

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLDS; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

COORDINATES; FREE SURFACES; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS;

SURFACE WAVES;

FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NOZZLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVE;

EID: 3242741734     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530410539946     Document Type: Article

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