Characterisation of the ultrasonic acoustic spectrum and pressure field in aluminium melt with an advanced cavitometer

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2016, Pages 582-586

  Tzanakis, I ^a,b   Lebon, G S B ^c   Eskin, D G ^a,d   Pericleous, K A ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acoustic pressure; Cavitation bubbles; Cavitometer; Frequency spectrum; Liquid aluminium; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; CAVITATION; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ACOUSTIC SPECTRA; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CAVITOMETER; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84944790473     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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