Modeling of solid phase sedimentation during directional solidification in a side cooled cavity

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 913-934

  Chakraborty, Prodyut ^a   Dutta, Pradip ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alloys; Binary alloy; Double diffusive convection; Flow; Macro segregation; Sedimentation; Solid advection

Indexed keywords

ALLOY SOLIDIFICATION; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AQUEOUS AMMONIUM; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; CRITICAL VELOCITIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; EQUIAXED CRYSTAL; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPLICIT SCHEME; FIXED GRIDS; FLOW; IMPLICIT SCHEMES; MACROSEGREGATIONS; MELT CONVECTION; MUSHY ZONE; NON-COHERENT; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SOLID CRYSTALS; SOLID FRACTION; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLID-PHASE; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS; SOURCE TERMS; VOLUME AVERAGING TECHNIQUES;

ADVECTION; ALLOYS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 81255210914     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615531111177723     Document Type: Article

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