Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of two filling methods in vertical centrifugal casting

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1035-1040

  Wu, Shi Ping ^a   Li, Chang Yun ^a   Guo, Jing Jie ^a   Su, Yan Qing ^a   Lei, Xiu Qiao ^b   Fu, Heng Zhi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China First Automobile Works Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Bottom filling; Hydraulic simulation; Numerical simulation; Titanium alloy; Top filling; Vertical centrifugal casting

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOTTOM FILLING; TOP FILLING; VERTICAL CENTRIFUGAL CASTING;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33846182324     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(06)60373-7     Document Type: Article

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