Numerical modeling of microporosity formation in aluminum-rich aluminum-copper alloys in microgravity conditions

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-S, Issue , 2000, Pages 167-177

  Xiong, M ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ALLOY CASTINGS; ALUMINUM-COPPER ALLOY; CU ALLOY; JUPITERS; LOW GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS; SOLIDIFYING ALLOY; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

MICROPOROSITY;

EID: 4243965752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-1379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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