Spatial variation of heat flux at the metal-mold interface due to mold filling effects in gravity die-casting

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2676-2685

  Arunkumar, S ^a   Sreenivas Rao, K V ^a   Prasanna Kumar, T S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Air gap formation; Interface heat flux distribution; Inverse method; Metal mold heat transfer; Mold filling transients

Indexed keywords

DIE CASTING; GRAVITATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS;

AIR GAP FORMATION; INTERFACE HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE METHOD; METAL-MOLD HEAT TRANSFER; MOLD FILLING TRANSIENTS;

HEAT FLUX;

DIE CASTING; GRAVITATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 41949120507     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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