Identification of the cooling condition in 2-D and 3-D continuous casting processes

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-176

  Słota, Damian ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS CASTING; COOLING; METAL CASTING; METAL CASTINGS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALTERNATING PHASE; CONTINUOUS CASTING PROCESS; COOLING CONDITIONS; EXACT SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; PURE METALS; SECONDARY COOLING ZONES; STEFAN PROBLEMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 61449249812     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790802605232     Document Type: Article

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