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This article reports the results of an investigation of the fluid flow in an agitated quench tank used during heat treatment of superalloy forgings. The flow patterns in a scale model of the system were visualized using a laser light sheet and quantitative velocity measurements were undertaken using laser Doppler anemometry (LDA). The experimental data are compared with numerical predictions obtained by means of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computer code. Conclusions are drawn as to the suitability of the CFD code for predicting flows in a complex system of this type.
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R.A. Wallis, P.R. Bhowal, N.M. Bhathena, and E.L. Raymond, Modeling the Heat Treatment of Superalloy Forgings,JOM, Vol 41 (No. 2), Feb 1989, p 35–37
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Garwood, D.R., Lucas, J.D., Wallis, R.A. et al. Modeling of the flow distribution in an oil quench tank. JMEP 1, 781–787 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02658261
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02658261