Finite element modeling of the lost foam casting process tackling back-pressure effects

ECCOMAS 2004 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Houzeaux, G ^a   Codina, R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING CIMNE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ALE method; Finite element method; Lost foam casting; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALE METHODS; BACK PRESSURES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LOST FOAM CASTING PROCESS; LOST FOAM CASTINGS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84893510000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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