Direct numerical simulation of melt-gas hydrodynamic interactions during the early stage of atomisation of liquid intermetallic

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 419-427

  Tong, Mingming ^a   Browne, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Front tracking model; Gas atomisation; Gas recirculation; Intermetallic; Powder metallurgy; Powder production; Raney nickel

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID METALS; POWDER METALLURGY;

FRONT-TRACKING MODELS; GAS ATOMIZATION; GAS RECIRCULATION; POWDER PRODUCTION; SIMULATED EVOLUTION;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 42949139287     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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