Numerical simulation of the twin-roll casting process of magnesium alloy strip

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2321-2328

  Zeng, Jian ^a   Koitzsch, Roger ^a   Pfeifer, Herbert ^a   Friedrich, Bernd ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Magnesium alloy strip casting; Melt flow; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM CASTINGS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SOLIDIFICATION; STRIP METAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

ALLOY MELTS; CASTING PROCESS; CASTING SPEED; CFD-SIMULATION; MAGNESIUM ALLOY STRIP CASTING; MELT-FLOW; MUSHY ZONES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; STEADY STATE; TURBULENT FLOW FIELDS; TWIN-ROLL CASTINGS; TWIN-ROLL STRIP CASTINGS;

CASTING;

EID: 59549107841     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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