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ESTIMATION AND VALIDATION OF INTERFACIAL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT DURING SOLIDIFICATION OF SPHERICAL SHAPED ALUMINUM ALLOY (AL 6061) CASTING USING INVERSE CONTROL VOLUME TECHNIQUE

L. Anna Gowsalya^a , P.D. Jeyakumar^b,*, R. Rajaraman^c,†, R. Velraj^d

a Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India- 600 048, E-mail: gowsalyamahendran@gmail.com
b Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India- 600 048, E-mail: pdjeyakumar@gmail.com
c Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Sciences, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vadapalani Campus, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India- 600 026. Email: rajaraman65@gmail.com
d Professor and Director, Institute for Energy Studies, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India- 600 025, Email: velrajr@annauniv.edu
* Corresponding author: Email: pdjeyakumar@gmail.com
† Corresponding author: Email: rajaraman65@gmail.com