Electromagnetic casting

Book · Sat Dec 30 23:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:227809

Evans, J W; Kageyama, R ^[1]; Deepak, ^[2]; Cook, D P ^[3]; Prasso, D C ^[4]; Nishioka, S ^[5]

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1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
2. Motorola Corp., Phoenix, AZ (United States)
3. Reynolds Metals Co., Richmond, VA (United States)
4. Intel Corp., Aloha, OR (United States)
5. NKK Corp., Kawasaki (Japan)

Electromagnetic casting (EMC) is a technology that is used extensively in the aluminum industry to cast ingots with good surface finish for subsequent rolling into consumer product. The paper reviews briefly some investigations from the eighties wherein models for EMC were developed. Then more recent work is examined wherein more realistic 3D models have been developed, the traditional studies of electromagnetic and magnetohydrodynamic phenomena have been supplemented with research on heat transport, and the stability of the metal free surface has been examined. The paper concludes with three generalizations concerning modeling that may have wider applicability than EMC.

• OSTI ID: 227809
• Report Number(s): CONF-9509118--; ISBN 0-87339-297-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ALUMINIUM
CASTING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
HEAT TRANSFER
INSTABILITY
LIQUID METALS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLIDIFICATION
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS