1) Efficient fundamental model of solidification and temperature in thin slab casting: CON1D 2) Software Sensor, CONSENSOR 3) Online control system development, CONONLINE 4) Laboratory measurement of water flow and heat transfer during spray cooling 5) Steel plant experiments for model validation 6) Understanding defect formation during continuous casting 7) Control of mold fluid flow 8) Advanc...

An exact infinite set of coupled ordinary differential equations, describing the evolution of the modes of the classical electromagnetic field inside an ideal cavity, containing a thin slab with the time-dependent conductivity σ(t) and dielectric permittivity ε(t), is derived for the dispersion-less media. This problem is analyzed in connection with the attempts to simulate the so called Dynami...

Recently, a number of source-side shear wave splitting measurements that directly constrain anisotropy in the upper mantle beneath subducting slabs have been published. Such measurements have yielded an observational foundation on which to base our understanding of the dynamics of the sub-slab mantle. Here we compile measurements from recent studies of source-side splitting beneath slabs that e...

We have quantitatively established a fundamental limitation on the ultimate spatial resolution of the perfect lens (thin metal slab) in the near field. This limitation stems from the spatial dispersion of the dielectric response of the Fermi liquid of electrons with Coulomb interaction in the metal. We discuss possible applications in nanoimaging, nanophotolithography, and nanospectroscopy.

The photoluminescence (PL) and absorption experiments have been performed in GaSe slab with incident light polarized perpendicular to c-axis of sample at 10 K. An obvious energy difference of about 34 meV between exciton absorption peak and PL peak (the highest energy peak) is observed. By studying the temperature dependence of PL and absorption spectra, we attribute it to energy difference bet...

Abstract A manual mechanical prestressing system was manufactured which used to apply a post-tension force the high-stress steel wires in curved slab member. The study aims experiment with use of technique thin sections assess prestressed influencing behavior at initial and final loading stages. Two advantages achieved system; pulling all positions simultaneously application perpendicular cross...

S U M M A R Y On Earth, oceanic plates subduct beneath a variety of overriding plate (OP) styles, from relatively thin and negatively buoyant oceanic OPs to thick and neutrally/positively buoyant continental OPs. The inclusion of an OP in numerical models of self-consistent subduction has been shown to reduce the rate that subducting slabs roll back relative to the equivalent single plate model...

Diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSLs) with high power and good output beam quality are widely used in material processing, communication, remote sensing, and medical treatment. A preferable diode-pumped solid-state laser has the characteristics, such as high efficiency, long lifetime, high reliability, compact size and flexibility. Planar waveguide lasers can be formed by transition metal di...

We present experimental and theoretical work showing that a flat metallic slab can collimate and focus light impinging on the slab from a point source. The effect is optimized when the radiation is around the bulk, not at the surface, plasma frequency. Also, the smaller the imaginary part of the permittivity is, the better the collimation. Experiments for Ag in the visible as well as calculatio...