Thermosolutal flow in steel ingots and the formation of mesosegregates

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1500-1509

  Založnik, Miha ^a   Combeau, Hervé ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Casting; Macrosegregation; Mesosegregates; Solidification; Steel ingots; Thermosolutal convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCES; FLOW CIRCULATION; FLOW INSTABILITIES; LIQUID STEELS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; MACROSEGREGATION; MACROSEGREGATIONS; MESOSEGREGATES; MULTISCALES; MUSHY ZONE; PHASE CHANGES; SOLIDIFICATION FRONTS; SOLIDIFICATION MODELS; SOLIDIFICATION VELOCITY; THERMOSOLUTAL CONVECTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; METAL CASTINGS; SOLIDIFICATION;

STEEL INGOTS;

EID: 77955423930     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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