Computational simulation of metal droplet break-up, cooling and solidification during gas atomisation

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-278

  Zeoli, N ^a   Gu, S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Break up; Cooling; Gas atomisation; Heat transfer; Metal powder; Solidification

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATOMIZATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLOW OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; HISTORY; HYDRAULICS; JETS; METALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POWDER METALS; POWDERS; SOLIDIFICATION; SPRAYING; UNDERCOOLING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; BREAK-UP; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS; COOLING PROCESSES; DISCRETE PHASE; DROPLET BREAK-UP; DROPLET MODELING; DROPLET SIZES; ELSEVIER (CO); EULERIAN; FLUID EQUATIONS; GAS FLOWING; MAJOR FACTOR; METAL DROPLETS; METAL POWDERS; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PERITECTIC; POWDER PRODUCTIONS; SINGLE COMPUTATION; SMALL DROPLETS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 46749134794     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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