Oscillatory flow in a physical model of a thin slab casting mould with a bifurcated submerged entry nozzle

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 535-543

  Lawson, Nicholas J ^a   Davidson, Malcolm R ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOZZLES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT; VISUALIZATION;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERY (LDA); OSCILLATORY FLOW; SUBMERZED ENTRY NOZZLE (SEN); SURFACE OSCILLATIONS;

CASTING;

EID: 4544267969     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1459077     Document Type: Article

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