Liquid metal multiphase flows
Multiphase flows with a compressible disperse phase, i.e. gas bubbles, are a major challenge for research and technology development as they tend to form very complex flow patterns. Measurements in liquid metals are challenging, but, indispensable because of distinct differences in material properties compared to water.
Liquid metal two-phase flows are of particular importance for many processes in metallurgy and metal casting. For example, the secondary-metallurgical treatment of liquid steel relies on the injection of purge gas for improving the steel's cleanliness.
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Publications
Validation of X-ray radiography for characterization of gas bubbles in liquid metals
Keplinger O, Shevchenko N, Eckert S - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - 2017
Combined experimental and numerical analysis of a bubbly liquid metal flow
Krull B, Strumpf E, Keplinger O, Shevchenko N, Fröhlich J, Eckert S, Gerbeth G - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering - 2017
Liquid Metal Modelling of Flow Phenomena in the Continuous Casting Process of Steel
Timmel K, Willers B, Wondrak T, Röder M, Shevchenko N, Gerbeth G, Eckert S - EPD Congress 2016 - 2016
Detection of gas entrainment into liquid metals
Vogt T, Boden S, Andruszkiewicz A, Eckert K, Eckert S, Gerbeth G - Nuclear Engineering and Design - 2015
