DETERMINATION OF THE THERMAL
CONDUCTIVITY IN SOLIDIFYING INGOTS

V. K. Tolstykha and N. A. Volodinb

UDC 536:681.51.015

The problem of identification of the effective thermal 
conductivity in a solidifying ingot is considered on the basis of 
experimental data. The possibility of its solution with identifiability 
conditions obtained and implemented in the present work is determined.

aDonetsk National University, 
Donetsk, Ukraine; email: tvk@dongu.donetsk.ua;
bDonetsk National Technical University, Donetsk, Ukraine. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 163-165, 
March-April, 2003. Original article submitted February 5, 2002; 
revision submitted September 3, 2002.