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Electromagnetically driven flows in metals processing

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Understanding induction stirring or mixing in an ESR unit requires knowledge of both electrodynamics and turbulence modeling. For many metallurgists, here is a first course in these disciplines

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Julian Szekely is Professor of Materials Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds the B.Sc., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from Imperial College, London and has taught Metallurgy at Imperial College and Chemical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo prior to assuming his present position. He is the author of several books and numerous papers on fluid flow, heat and mass transfer in materials processing.

Chien-Wu Chang is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Center for Process Metallurgy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has a B.S. degree from Tunghai University and an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Szekely, J., Chang, C.W. Electromagnetically driven flows in metals processing. JOM 28, 6–11 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03354295

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