Thomas, Brian G. - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Metallurgical Transactions B, VOL. 26B (4), 1995, 749-765, submitted June 20, 1994; Revised December 15, 1994.
• Zhang, L. and B.G. Thomas, UIUC, Continuous Casting Report No. 200206, March, 2002, Rev. Sept. 2003., pp 1-19. INCLUSION NUCLEATION, GROWTH, AND MIXING DURING
• Sivaramakrishnan, S., B.G. Thomas, and S.P. Vanka, "Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow in Continuous Casting of Steel", Materials Processing in the Computer Age III, V. Voller and H. Henein, eds.,
• 2003 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conf. Proceedings, R.G. Reddy, ed., (Burmingham, AL, Jan. 6-9 2003), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35498, USA, pp. 2328-2362.
• Yoon, U.-S., J.-K. Park, B.G. Thomas, and I.V. Samarasekera, 85th Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, ISS-
• FRACTURE CONTROL PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
• Proceedings: Computational Modeling of Materials, Minerals and Metals Processing, Cross, Bailey, Evans, eds., (Conference in Seattle, WA, Feb. 18-20,2002), The Mater., Minerals, & Metals Soc., Warrendale, PA, 2001, pp. 491-500.
• HEAT TRANSFER DURING MELT SPINNING OF AL-7%SI ALLOY ON A CU-BE WHEEL Aravind Sundararajan and Brian G. Thomas
• Proceedings of 2008 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee Grant: #DMI-0500453 Online Dynamic Control of Cooling in Continuous Casting of Thin Steel Slabs
• Simple Model of Microsegregation during Solidification of YOUNG-MOK WON and BRIAN G. THOMAS
• Internat. Congress on Science & Technology of Steelmaking, Charlotte, NC, May 9-12, AIST, Warrendale, PA, 2005, pp. 847-861. Modeling of Continuous-Casting Defects Related to Mold Fluid Flow
• Iron and Steelmaker (ISS Transactions), Vol. 24, No. 12, Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 1997, pp.83-96. MODELING STUDY OF INTERMIXING IN
• July 2007 Periodic transverse depressions, called "oscil-
• Yuan, Quan, S.P. Vanka and Brian G. Thomas, 3rd International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Sendai, Japan, 25-27 June, 2003, Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, pp.681-686, 2003.
• Microstructure near corners of continuous-cast steel slabs showing three-dimensional frozen meniscus and hooks
• METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B VOLUME 35B, AUGUST 2004--703 Study of Transient Flow and Particle Transport in Continuous
• Computational and Experimental Study of Turbulent Flow in a 0.4-Scale Water Model of a Continuous Steel Caster
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 27B, No. 4 (August), 1996, pp. 672-685. FLOW AND THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF THE TOP SURFACE FLUX/POWDER LAYERS
• Copyright 2003, The AISE Steel Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA. All rights reserved. 1 The high cost of empirical investigation in an operating steel plant makes it prudent to use all
• Creating and exploring new phases and properties in highly `functional' transition metal oxides
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• MRL Workshop on Programmable Functional Materials
• The Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois
• This paper was presented at the 5th European Continuous Casting Conference from 20-22 June 2005 which was organised by The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining.
• Thermo-Mechanical Model of Solidification Processes with Seid Koric and Brian G. Thomas
• 1. Introduction Flow in the mold region during the continuous casting of
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• Metallurgical Transactions B, Vol. 27B, No. 4 (August), 1996, pp. 617-632. Intermixing Model of Continuous Casting during a Grade Transition
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu I am pleased to present the
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• Proceedings of 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri Grant #DMI-0423791 Collaborative Research: Contacting and Solidification in Casting-by-Design
• Brimacombe Memorial Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, October 1-4, 2000, Met Soc., CIM, pp. 595-611. Analysis of the Potential Productivity of Continuous Cast Molds
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• Modeling of Hot Tearing and Other Defects in Casting Processes
• 1Bai, H. and B.G. Thomas, "Two Phase Flow in Tundish Nozzles During Continuous Casting of Steel", Materials Processing in the Computer Age III, V. Voller and H. Henein, eds., TMS
• WORKSHOP REPORT ABERRATION CORRECTION IN ELECTRON
• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN GRADUATE COLLEGE GRADUATE STUDENT PETITION
• B. Rietow and BG Thomas, AISTech 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5-8, 2008. Using Nail Board Experiments to Quantify Surface Velocity in the CC Mold
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu Inverse woodpile structure designed with extremely large
• NSF GRANT # DMI 0423791 NSF PROGRAM NAME: MPM
• Modeling of Stress, Distortion, and Hot Tearing
• NCSA Security Policies and Procedures 1 NCSA Security Policies and
• L. Zhang, B.G. Thomas, et al. ISS Tech 2003 (Conf. Proc.), Indianapolis, IN, USA, April.27-30, 2003, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 141-156.
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu Stretchable Silicon Recognized Among Top 10 Emerging Technologies
• B.G. Thomas, Brimacombe Lecture, 59th Electric Furnace Conf., Pheonix, AZ, 2001, Iron & Steel Soc., pp. 3-30
• B.G. Thomas: 1 Baosteel Annual Academic Conference, May 27-28, Shanghai, China 1
• Inclusion Removal by Bubble Flotation in a Continuous Casting Mold
• Sengupta, J., H.-J. Shin, B. G. Thomas, and S.-H. Kim, "Micrograph Evidence of Meniscus Solidification and Sub-Surface Microstructure Evolution in Continuous-Cast Ultra-Low Carbon Steels", Acta Materialia, Vol. 54,
• Design and Implementation of a Real-time Spray Cooling Control System for Continuous Casting of Thin Steel Slabs
• Study of Computational Issues in Simulation of Transient Flow in Continuous Casting Quan Yuan, Bin Zhao, S. Pratap Vanka and Brian Thomas
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• C. Li and B. G. Thomas, 2003 ISSTech Steelmaking Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 27-30, 2003, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 685-700.
• Designing a New Scrap-Based Continuous Steelmaking Process using CFD Simulation Lifeng Zhang
• Basic oxygen furnace based steelmaking processes and cleanliness control at Baosteel
• Zhang, L., S. Yang, X. Wang, K. Cai, J. Li, X. Wan, & B.G Thomas. AISTech 2004, Nashville, TN, Sep.15-17, 2004. Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA.
• Flow Control with Local Electromagnetic Braking in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
• 80th Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, (Chicago, IL, April 13-16, 1997), Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 1997, pp. 285-293. 285 AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME MOLD
• Investigating Mould Heat Transfer in Thin Slab Casting with CON1D Begoa Santillana
• "International Symposium on Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification and Processes", Osaka, Japan, Nov. 14-16, 1999, pp. 113-128.
• LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS OF TURBULENT FLOW AND INCLUSION TRANSPORT IN CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL
• Steelmaking Conference, (Chicago, IL, April 13-16, 1997), ISS Herty Award Page 1 of 19 Analysis of Thermal and Mechanical
• EFFECT OF A SUDDEN LEVEL FLUCTUATION ON HOOK FORMATION DURING CONTINUOUS CASTING OF
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 32B, No. 6, 2001, pp. 1143-1159. 1 BUBBLE FORMATION DURING HORIZONTAL GAS INJECTION
• Heat Transfer Modelling of Continuous Casting: Numerical Considerations, Laboratory Measurements and Plant Validation
• 1JIM / TMS Solidification Science and Processing Conference, Honolulu, HI, Dec. 13-15, 1995. pp. 197-208.
• Process Metallurgy Continuous Casting steel research int. 76 (2005) No. 1 33
• Presented at CFX User's Conference, Wilmington, DE, Oct. 1, 1998. 3-D Turbulent Multiphase Modeling of Molten Steel
• FRACTURE CONTROL PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
• Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Grant #0726813 Collaborative Research: Manipulating the Contact and Solidification of
• J. Aoki, BG. Thomas, J. Peter, KD Peaslee, AISTech 2004, Nashville, TN, Sept. 15-17, 2004, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA. Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Mixing in a Bottom Gas-Stirred Ladle
• Transient Fluid-Flow Phenomena in the Continuous Steel-Slab Casting Mold and Defect Formation
• Meng, Y. and B.G. Thomas, "Simulation of Microstructure and Behavior of Interfacial Mold Slag Layers in Continuous Casting of Steel", ISIJ International,
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 32B, No. 4, (August), 2001, pp. 707-722. 1 EFFECTS OF CLOGGING, ARGON INJECTION
• SECOND TEAM MATERIALS RESEARCH IN AN
• Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, (Pittsburgh, PA, March 26-29, 2000), Vol. 83, Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 2000. pp. 541-557.
• Thomas, B.G., X. Huang, and R. C. Sussman, "Simulation of Argon Gas Flow Effects in a Continuous Slab Caster", Metallurgical Transactions B, Vol. 25B, No. 4, (August), 1994, pp. 527-547
• C. Li & B.G. Thomas, 85th Steelmaking Conf. Proc., ISS, Warrendale, PA, (held in Nashville, TN, March 10-13, 2002), pp. 109-130.
• Metallurgical Transactions B, Vol. 24B, No. 2 (April), 1993, pp. 379-393. Modeling of Steel Grade Transition in Continuous Slab
• Iron and Steel Institute of Japan International, Vol. 35, No. 6, 1995, pp.737-743. ISSUES IN THERMAL-MECHANICAL MODELING OF CASTING PROCESSES
• Journal of Engineering for Industry, ASME, New York, NY, Vol. 118, No. 1, 1996, pp. 37-44. SPREAD SHEET MODEL OF CONTINUOUS CASTING
• Advanced Physical Chemistry for Process Metallurgy, M. Maeda editor, Academic Press, 1997. pp. 253-279. ISBN 0-12-618920-X
• 117Sensors and Modeling in Materials Processing: Techniques and Applications, S. Viswanathan, R.G. Reddy, and J.C. Malas, eds., The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society, Warrendale,
• Metallurgical Transactions B, 1999, vol. 30B (4), pp. 639-654 MODELING OF INCLUSION REMOVAL IN A TUNDISH
• Proceedings of the 1999 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, CA, Jan. 5-8, Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous Casting of Steel
• Thomas, B.G., "Metals Processing", Chapter 14 in Structure, Processing, and Properties of Engineering Materials, J. Adams, editor, Addison Wesley, in press.
• Thomas, B.G. and P. Vanka; "Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous Casting of Steel", 2000 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 5-8 2000, 14p.
• Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, (Pittsburgh, PA, March 26-29, 2000), Vol. 83, Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 2000. pp. 183-197.
• B.G. Thomas, R. O'Malley, et.al., MCWASP IX, Shaker Verlag, GmbH, Aachen, Germany, 2000, pp. 769-776. Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes IX
• CCC 2000 IX Voest Alpine Conference on Continuous Casting, Linz, Austria, June 5-7, 2000
• Process Technology Division Conference Proceedings, (Baltimore, MD, March 25-28, 2001), Vol. 18, Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 2001, pp 895-912.
• Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Copper Molds during Thin-Slab Casting (II): Mold Crack Formation
• Analysis of thermomechanical behaviour in billet casting with different mould corner radii
• Transientfluid flow in the continuous steel-slabcasting mold Brian G. Thomas, Quan Yuan, S. Sivaramakrishnan, and S.P. Vanka
• 85th Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2002 pp. 431-452. EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF STEEL CLEANLINESS REVIEW
• Optimisation of narrow face water slot design for Siderar slab casting mould
• 7th European Electric Steelmaking Conference, Venice, Italy, Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, Milano, Italy, May 26-29, 2002, pp. 2.77-2.86.
• 1. Introduction The demand for cleaner steels increases every year. In
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 34B, No. 5, Oct., 2003, pp. 685-705. HEAT TRANSFER AND SOLIDIFICATION MODEL
• Thomas, B. G., M. Langeneckert, L. Castell, M. Dziuba, G. Di Gresia, and W. Balante, Ironmaking and Steelmaking, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2003, pp. 235-239.
• Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes X, San Destin, FL, May 25-30, 2003 Edited by D. Stefanescu, M. Jolly, J. Warren, and M. Krane
• Ya Meng and Brian G. Thomas, 2003 ISSTech Steelmaking Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA, April 27-30, 2003, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 589-606.
• Quan Yuan, B. G. Thomas, and S. P. Vanka, ISSTech 2003 (Conf. Proc.), Indianapolis, IN, USA, Apr. 27-30, 2003, ISS-AIME, Warrendale, PA, 2003, pp. 913-927.
• INCLUSIONS IN CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL Lifeng Zhang (Dr.), Brian G. Thomas (Prof.)
• FLUID FLOW AND INCLUSION MOTION IN THE CONTINUOUS CASTING Lifeng Zhang (Dr.), Brian G. Thomas (Prof.),
• B.G. Thomas, "Continuous Casting", Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, 2004. 1 Continuous Casting (metallurgy)
• Thermomechanical Finite-Element Model of Shell Behavior in Continuous Casting of Steel
• Study of Transient Flow and Particle Transport in Continuous Steel Caster Molds: Part I. Fluid Flow
• PublishedbyManeyPublishing(c)IOMCommunicationsLtd Investigation of strand surface defects using
• Solidification Processes and Microstructures: A symposium in honor of Wilfried Kurz Edited by M. Rappaz TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), Charlotte, NC, March 15-18, 2004, pp. 33-39
• Analysis of Hook Formation Mechanism in Ultra Low Carbon Steel using CON1D Heat Flow Solidification Model
• Mold Slag Property Measurements to Characterize CC Mold Shell Gap Phenomena , B.G. Thomas1
• Understanding the Role Water-cooling Plays during Continuous Casting of Steel and Aluminum Alloys
• The Use of Water Cooling during the Continuous Casting of Steel and Aluminum Alloys
• Transient Fluid Flow and Superheat Transport in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
• Modeling of Inclusion Removal in Ladle Refining Jun Aoki, Lifeng Zhang and Brian G. Thomas
• International Congress on Science & Technology of Steelmaking, Charlotte, NC, May 9-12, 2005. Transport and Entrapment of Particles in Continuous Casting of Steel
• Experimental Study of Kinetic Processes During the Steel Treatment at two LMF's Kent D. Peaslee
• Introduction of a novel, scrap-based, fully continuous steelmaking process Kent D. Peaslee
• APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS TO STEEL REFINING AND CASTING PROCESSES
• Finite Element Analysis of the Heat Transfer in a Copper Mould during Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
• Koric, S. and B.G. Thomas, "Efficient Thermo-Mechanical Model for Solidification Processes", Int. J. Num. Meths. Eng, Vol. 66 No. 12, (June) 2006, pp. 1955-1989.
• Zhang, L., B. Rietow, B.G. Thomas, and K. Eakin, "Large Inclusions in Plain-Carbon Steel Ingots Cast by Bottom Teeming" ISIJ International, Vol. 46, No. 5, 2006; pp.670-679.
• State of the Art in the Control of Inclusions during Steel Ingot Casting
• TRANSPORT AND ENTRAPMENT OF PARTICLES IN CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL
• Proceedings of 2006 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, St. Louis, Missouri Grant: #DMI-0500453 Online Dynamic Control of Cooling in Continuous Casting of Thin Steel Slabs
• NSF GRANT # DMI 0528668 NSF Program: Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
• Mechanism of Hook Formation in Ultra-low Carbon Steel based on Microscopy Analysis and Thermal-stress Modeling
• Mathematical Modeling of Thermal-Fluid Flow in the Meniscus Region During An Oscillation Cycle Claudio Ojeda
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 38B, No. 1 (Feb.), 2007, pp. 63-83. INVESTIGATION OF FLUID FLOW AND STEEL CLEANLINESS IN THE
• Model of Thermal-Fluid Flow in the Meniscus Region During An Oscillation Cycle Claudio Ojeda
• Three-dimensional Microstructure of Frozen Meniscus and Hook in Continuous-cast Ultra-low-carbon Steel Slabs
• journal of materials processing technology 1 9 7 ( 2 0 0 8 ) 408418 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jmatprotec
• Flow Control with Local Electromagnetic Braking in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
• July 2008 Mold heat transfer in continuous casting
• Process Metallurgy steel research int 77 (2006) No.7 1
• Proceedings of 2008 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee Grant # 0529361 NSF GRANT # 0529361
• L. Hibbeler et al., AISTech 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5-8, 2008. Thermo-Mechanical Modeling of Beam Blank Casting
• G. Lee et al., AISTech 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, May 5-8, 2008 Asymmetric Multi-phase Fluid Flow and Particle Entrapment in a Continuous Casting Mold
• COUPLED VISCO-PLASTIC THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELS OF STEEL SOLIDIFICATION
• Differences between Physical Water Models and Steel Continuous Casters: A Theoretical Evaluation
• Investigation of Refractory Properties on the Initial Bubble Behavior in the Water Model of Continuous Casting Process
• B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka, 2002 NSF Design, Service, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Research Conf., San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7-10, 2002.
• Principal Investigator/Project Director: Brian G. Thomas Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.G. Thomas, Final Report NSF Grant DMI-98-00274, Jan. 31, 2002. Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous
• Thomas, B.G. and P. Vanka; "Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous Casting of Steel", 2000 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 5-8 2000, 14p.
• S.P. Vanka and B.G. Thomas; "Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous Casting of Steel", 2001 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Tampa, Florida, January 7-10, 2001
• Designing a New Scrap-Based Continuous Steelmaking Process using CFD Simulation Lifeng Zhang
• Experimental Study of Kinetic Processes During the Steel Treatment at two LMF's Kent D. Peaslee
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• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu I am pleased to present the
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• State of the Art in Electromagnetic Flow Control in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs: Modeling and Plant Validation
• Thomas, B.G., J. Sengupta, and C. Ojeda, "Mechanism of Hook and Oscillation Mark Formation In Ultra-Low Carbon Steel", Second Baosteel Biennial Conference, (May
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu I am pleased to present the
• Proceedings of 2008 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee Grant #DMI 0423791 Collaborative Research: Contacting and Solidification in Casting-by-Design
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• 1. Introduction Fluid flow in continuous casting of steel is of great inter-
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2001, Vol. 32B, No. 2, pp. 253-267. 1 TURBULENT FLOW OF LIQUID STEEL AND ARGON BUBBLES
• Visualization of Hook and Oscillation Mark Formation Mechanism in Ultra-Low Carbon Steel Slabs During Continuous Casting
• Submitted to Metallurgical Transactions B, June 20, 1994; Revised December 8, 1994. NUMERICAL STUDY OF STEADY TURBULENT FLOW THROUGH
• Meng, Y. and B.G. Thomas, Metall. & Materials Trans. B, Vol. 34B, No. 5, Oct. 2003, pp. 707-725. MODELING TRANSIENT SLAG LAYER PHENOMENA IN THE SHELL/MOLD GAP
• Application of Mathematical Models to Investigate Defect Formation
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• Engineering New Functionalities in Materials: Complex Oxides for Multiferroics, Energy, and Beyond
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• A New Mechanism of Hook Formation during Continuous Casting of Ultra-Low-Carbon Steel Slabs
• Materials and Mechanics for BioIntegrated Electronics
• 3-D Numerical Study of Impinging Water Jets in Run Out Table Cooling Processes
• Chap. 27, Materials Processing Handbook-Cat # 3216, JR Groza; JF Shackelford; EJ Lavernia; MT Powers, eds. CRC Press, 2007 Solidification Macroprocesses (Modeling of stress, distortion and hot tearing)
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 27B, No. 3 (June), 1996, pp. 509-525. Transient Thermal Model of the Continuous
• Thomas, B.G., "On-line Detection of Quality Problems in Continuous Casting of Steel", in Modeling, Control and Optimization in Ferrous and Nonferrous Industry, 2003 Materials Science & Technology Symposium, F. Kongoli, B.G. Thomas, and K.
• Iron and Steelmaker (ISS Transactions), Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, Vol. 23, No. 4, (April), 1996, pp. 57-70.
• B.G. Thomas, Scanmet II Conference, MEFOS, Lule, Sweden, 6-8 June 2004 1 RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELING
• Copyright 2003, The AISE Steel Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA. All rights reserved. 1 Many quality problems that originate during continuous casting can be directly attributed to poor
• Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory | 104 South Goodwin Avenue, MC-230 Urbana, IL 61801 | 217.333.1370 | www.mrl.uiuc.edu I am pleased to present the
• Inclusion Removal by Bubble Flotation in Continuous Casting Mold Lifeng Zhang, Jun Aoki, Brian G. Thomas
• Shin, H.-J., G.G. Lee, W.Y.Choi, S.M. Kang, J.H. Park, S.H. Kim and B.G. Thomas. AISTech 2004, Nashville, TN, Sep. 15-17, 2004. Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrrendale, PA.
• Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Copper Molds during Thin-Slab Casting (I): Plant Trial and
• Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, (Pittsburgh, PA, March 26-29, 2000), Vol. 83, Iron and Steel Society, Warrendale, PA, 2000, pp. 9-21.
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2001, Vol. 32B, No. 2, pp. 269-284. 1 TURBULENT FLOW OF LIQUID STEEL AND ARGON BUBBLES
• Prediction of Grain Size, Precipitation and Crack Susceptibility in Continuous Casting Kun Xu, Brian G. Thomas
• Thermal-Mechanical Behaviour during Initial Solidification in Continuous Casting: Steel Grade Effects
• SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 CITES Classroom Technologies
• Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii Grant # 0529361 NSF GRANT # 0529361
• Effect of geometry on void formation in commercial electroplating of thin strips to copper
• Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2000, Vol. 31A, No. 10, pp. 2491-2502. MODELING CREEP AND FATIGUE OF COPPER ALLOYS
• MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE, SOLIDIFICATION, AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN A CONTINUOUS CAST THIN SLAB
• Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 304, 1998, pp. 197-212. Modeling of Transient Flow Phenomena in Continuous Casting of Steel
• Modeling of Clogging and Erosion of Nozzle Refractories in Steel Casting O. Araromi, B. G. Thomas, E. Conzemius
• Brian G. Thomas, "University -Steel Industry Interaction", R&D in the Steel Industry, ILAFA 40 Congress, Buenos Aries, Sept. 12-15, 1999, Inst. Argentino de Siderurgia, pp. 65-67.
• The Penn Regional Nanotechnology Facility is seeking to hire a research scientist with specialization in electron microscopy, focused ion beam, and atomic force
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• Introduction of a novel, scrap-based, fully continuous steelmaking process Kent D. Peaslee
• Proceedings of 2004 NSF DMII Grantees Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona Grant: #DMI-01-15486 Flow Dynamics and Inclusion Transport in Continuous Casting of Steel
• Numerical study of flow and heat transfer in a molten flux layer , S.P. Vanka 2
• Heat-Transfer and Solidification Model of Continuous Slab Casting: CON1D
• B.G. Thomas, Final Report NSF Grant DMI-98-00274, Jan. 31, 2002. Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous
• Research and Education Activities: Work at the University of Illinois has focused on discovering a new technology for implementing better
• Online Dynamic Control of Cooling in Continuous Casting of Thin Steel Slabs In this multifaceted project to improve control of spray cooling heat transfer in continuous casting of steel with aid
• IMPLEMENTATION OF A REAL-TIME MODEL-BASED SPRAY-COOLING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STEEL CONTINUOUS CASTING
• A simple, yet accurate numerical model of the planar-flow melt-spinning process for Al-7%Si alloys on copper wheels: STRIP1D has been developed. The model include a realistic treatment of fluid flow and
• MEASUREMENTS OF MOLTEN STEEL/FLUX INTERFACE PHENOMENA IN THIN SLAB CASTING
• Findings for the 5 different sub-projects of this work are described as follows: Subproject 1) Simulation of fluid flow and pressure distribution in metal delivery system in single-roll
• Proceedings of 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia Grant # DMI-0900138 Hybrid Control of Continuous Casting for Whale and Crack Prevention and
• Modeling Transient Slag-Layer Phenomena in the Shell/mold Gap in Continuous Casting of Steel
• Investigation of Fluid Flow and Steel Cleanliness in the Continuous Casting Strand
• A Novel Steady-state Technique for Measuring the Heat Extracted by Secondary Cooling Sprays
• B.G. Thomas (PI), Flow Dynamics and Inclusion Transport in Continuous Casting of Steel, NSF DMI Grant 01-15486, Final Report, 2005.
• Multiphysics Model of Metal Solidification on the Continuum Level Seid Korica
• Experimental Studies: sensor strip attachment and electroplating embedding The wireless system was tested in the presence of an electromagnetic field at a
• The continuous casting of thin aluminum strip with a single-wheel melt spinning process offers great potential for low-cost production of finished products with unique surface textures. To perfect this
• Online Dynamic Control of Cooling in Continuous Casting of Thin Steel Slabs In this multifaceted project to improve control of spray cooling heat transfer in continuous casting of steel with the
• Evaluation of turbulence models in MHD channel and square duct flows R. Chaudhary, B. G. Thomas and S. P. Vanka
• 2002 Steelmaking Conference Proceedings 463 NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF ALUMINA INCLUSIONS
• Research and Education Activities: The continuous casting of thin aluminum strip with a single-wheel melt spinning process offers great
• Study of Transient Flow Structures in the Continuous Casting of Steel B.G. Thomas and S.P. Vanka
• B.G. Thomas (PI), Flow Dynamics and Inclusion Transport in Continuous Casting of Steel, NSF DMI Grant 01-15486, Final Report, 2005.
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