The following poster session will be presented at the Julian Szekely Memorial Symposium on Materials Processing, on Tuesday afternoon, October 7th, 1997.

POSTER SESSION: GROUP 2

An Improved Simulation of Internal Flow in Electromagnetically-Levitated Liquid Metal Droplets: S. Berry¹, R.W. Hyers², L.M. Racz¹, B. Abedian¹, ¹Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering, Medford, Massachusetts; ²M.I.T., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

Particle Image Velocimetry in the Physical Modeling of the Casting of Steel and Aluminum: D. Xu, W.K. Jones, Jr., J.W. Evans, Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Measurement of Bubbles in Aluminum by Means of a Capacitance Probe and the Removal of Magnesium by Gas Fluxing: Q. Fu, J.W. Evans, Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

Transport Phenomena in Electron Beam Melting and Evaporation: A.C. Powell, M.I.T., 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

Modelling Solder Joint Formation in Electronic Packaging: C. Bailey, D. Wheeler, M. Cross, Centre for Numerical Modeling and Process Analysis, University of Greenwich, Wellington St., London SE18 6PF, England

A Model of Magnetic Semi-Levitation of Liquid Metals: V. Bojarevics, K. Pericleous, M. Cross, Centre for Numerical Modeling and Process Analysis, University of Greenwich, Wellington St., London SE18 6PF, England

Comparison of Two Thermal Insulators for a Riser Using Numerical Simulation: F. Kavicka and J. Brehl, Technical University of Brno, College of Mechanical Engineering, Technicka 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic; J.M. Khodadadi, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 201 Ross Hall, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5341, USA

Effect of Buoyancy-Driven Convection on Melting of a Liquid Metal Droplet: Y. Zhang, J.M. Khodadadi, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 201 Ross Hall, Auburn, Alabama 36849-5341, USA; F. Kavicka, Technical University of Brno, College of Mechanical Engineering, Technicka 2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic

Applications of Free Surface CFD Simulation in the Materials Processing Industries: Gerald P. Backer, 24249 Tamarack Circle, Southfield, Michigan 48075, USA

Modeling Free Surface Problems in Polymer Molding Operations: V. Voller, Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 500 Pilsbury Dr., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

Numerical Heat and Fluid Flow Analysis of Continuous Slag/Matte Separation in Mitsubishi Copper Process: S. Okabe, A. Kaneda, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Materials Research Laboratories, Central Research Institute, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330, Japan