Interfacial heat transfer coefficients and solidification of an aluminum alloy in a rotary continuous caster

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Cheung, Noé ^a   Santos, Newton S ^b   Quaresma, José M V ^c   Dulikravich, George S ^d   Garcia, Amauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Alubar Metals   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Properzi process; Rotary continuous casting; Solidification numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CASTING; CONTINUOUS CASTING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORMING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIGHT METALS; METAL CASTING; METAL CASTINGS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS CASTERS; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; INTERFACIAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; METAL SURFACES; METAL/MOLD HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MOLD WALLS; NUMERICAL HEAT TRANSFERS; PROPERZI PROCESS; ROTARY CONTINUOUS CASTING; THERMAL PROFILES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 56949083927     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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