Inclusion removal by bubble flotation in a continuous casting mold

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-379

  Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Aoki, Jun ^b,c   Thomas, Brian G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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

^c NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; CONTINUOUS CASTING MOLD; MULTISCALE PHENOMENA;

MOLDS;

EID: 33845625557     PISSN: 10735615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-006-0021-z     Document Type: Article

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