Evaluation of heat transfer coefficients along the secondary cooling zones in the continuous casting of steel billets

Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 687-700

  Santos, Carlos A ^a   Garcia, Amauri ^a   Frick, Carlos R ^b   Spim, Jaime A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous casting of steel; Heat transfer coefficients; IHCP

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745604911     PISSN: 17415977     EISSN: 17415985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17415970600573619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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