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Solidification Experiments And Magnetohydrodynamic Models In Electromagnetic Levitation, Gwendolyn Bracker
Solidification Experiments And Magnetohydrodynamic Models In Electromagnetic Levitation, Gwendolyn Bracker
Doctoral Dissertations
Electromagnetic levitation (EML) is a technique for containerless processing. The unique environment of containerless processing allows for the study of highly reactive melts at elevated temperatures. In containerless processing, the interface between a melt and its container is removed, reducing chemical contamination. In addition, levitation techniques reduce the available heterogeneous nucleation sites, providing greater access to the undercooled region for solidification studies. Levitation techniques provide the environment to study the fundamental behavior and thermophysical properties of liquid metals. During electromagnetic levitation experiments, magnetohydrodynamic flow is driven in the sample by the electromagnetic force field. This flow can have various effects …
A Computational Study On Extension Of Non-Contact Modulation Calorimetry, Xiao Ye
A Computational Study On Extension Of Non-Contact Modulation Calorimetry, Xiao Ye
Doctoral Dissertations
ABSTRACT A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON EXTENSION OF NON-CONTACT MODULATION CALORIMETRY May 2015 XIAO YE B.S., SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST Ph. D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST Directed by: Professor Robert W. Hyers Accurate thermophysical properties of high temperature metallic liquids are important for both industrial applications and scientific research. For the former, as predictive numerical simulations play an increasingly important role in pivotal industries, such as casting, welding and sintering, the lack of precise thermophysical properties, especially at high temperatures, hamper their further applications. On the other hand, from the stand point of basic metals physics, being able …