Numerical modeling of grain structure in continuous casting of steel

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-208

  Lorbiecka, A Z ^a   Vertnik, R ^b   Gjerkes H ^a   Manojlovic G ^b   Sencic B ^b   Cesar, J ^b   Sarler B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cellular automata model; Columnar to equiaxed transition; Continuous casting of steel; Equiaxed to columnar transition; Heat transfer model; Macroscopic model; Mesh less methods; Microscopic model; Multiscale modeling; Solidification

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL; COLUMNAR TO EQUIAXED TRANSITION; EQUIAXED TO COLUMNAR TRANSITION; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; MACROSCOPIC MODEL; MESH-LESS METHODS; MICROSCOPIC MODEL; MULTISCALE MODELING;

AUTOMATA THEORY; BILLETS (METAL BARS); CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CONTINUOUS CASTING; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; ROBOTS; SIMULATORS; SOLIDIFICATION; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; TEXTURES; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

STEEL CASTINGS;

EID: 68949118406     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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