A front-tracking method of predicting the solidification microstructure in shape castings

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 365-374

  Mc Fadden, Shaun ^a   Browne, David J ^a   Banaszek, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alloy solidification; Columnar to equiaxed transition; Front tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

ALLOY SOLIDIFICATION; FRONT-TRACKING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOMAINS;

METAL CASTINGS;

EID: 32544451600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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