Symmetry Fluid Dynamics in Materials and Metallurgical Processes
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 68
Special Issue Editors
Interests: process modeling; clean steel; inclusions; CFD; physical model; tundish; ladle refining; stainless steel
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Interests: computational fluid dynamics; magnetohydrodynamics; modeling of interfacial flows; thermal convection; thermocappilary convection; centrifugal force; taylor–couette flow; boundary layer; transition stability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In materials and metallurgical processes, fluid flow and fluid dynamics are very important in the process units. For example, the ironmaking blast furnaces, primary steelmaking furnaces, secondary steelmaking, continuous casting in the steel industry, flash smelting, electrolysis in the copper industry, the Bayer process in the stirred leaching reactor, electrolysis, and casting in the aluminum industry. The symmetry or asymmetry of fluid flow in reactors, for example, a basic oxygen convertor, gas stirred ladles, or mechanical stirring reactor, is very important for heat and mass transfer as well as product property improvement.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) iron and steel, aluminum, and copper materials and metallurgical processes. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Chao Chen
Dr. Toshio Tagawa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- fluid dynamics
- metallurgy
- material processes
- steelmaking
- ladle refining
- continuous casting
- coppermaking
- physical modeling
- CFD
