Heat transfer modelling of rail thermite welding

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-217

  Chen, Y ^a,b   Lawrence, F V ^b   Barkan, C P L ^b   Dantzig, J A ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method analysis; Heat transfer model; Rail thermite welding

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMIT WELDING;

HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER MODELLING; RAIL THERMITE WELDING; WELDING TECHNOLOGY;

RAILROADS;

EID: 34247115495     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097F01505     Document Type: Article

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