Transient Flow Structures in Continuous Casting of Steel

59th Ironmaking Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 541-557

  Sivaramakrishnan, Sivaraj ^a   Bai, Hua ^a   Thomas, Brian G ^a   Vanka, S Pratap ^a   Dauby, Pierre H ^b   Assar, Mohammad B ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

MFC; numerical models; particle image velocimetry; sensor; steel; transient fluid flow; water model

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS CASTING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MOLDS; NOZZLES; STEEL CASTINGS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONTINOUS CASTING OF STEEL; FLOW EVENTS; IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MFC; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PARTICLE IMAGES; TOP SURFACE; TRANSIENT FLOW; TRANSIENT FLUID FLOW; WATER MODELS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 85200554504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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