ADVANCED STEEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES
CONTENTS I NEW CONCEPTS AND MODERNIZATION OF ROLLING MILLS SECTION CHAPTER A HISTORY OF MINIMILLS PRODUCING FLAT-ROLLED STEEL CHAPTER REVIEW OF CASTING AND ROLLING LINES WITH THIN- AND MEDIUM-SLAB CASTERS CHAPTER METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS OF MAJOR HOT STRIP MILL MODERNIZATION PROJECTS CHAPTER PLATE MILL UPGRADES FOR HIGH-STRENGTH PRODUCTS CHAPTER ROUGHING MILL WORK ROLLS FOR HOT STRIP PRODUCTION CHAPTER HIGH-SPEED STEEL ROLLS: THE LAST FRONTIER IN HOT STEEL ROLLING CHAPTER TUNNEL FURNACE ROLL OPTIONS AND ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS CHAPTER DESCALING OF HOT-ROLLED STRIP II MODELING OF FLAT ROLLING PROCESSES SECTION CHAPTER MODELING FOR REHEAT FURNACE PRACTICES CHAPTER IMPROVEMENT OF SCHEDULES FOR HOT ROLLING OF THIN WIDE STRIPS CHAPTER WIDTH VARIATION BEHAVIOR DURING HOT ROLLING CHAPTER PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFI CATION IN ROLLING CHAPTER SIMULATION FOR THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF STRIPS RUNNING ON HOT RUN-OUT TABLES CHAPTER LAMINAR FLOW-COOLING OF WIDE HEAVY-THICKNESS STRIP IN A HOT ROLLING MILL CHAPTER CONSIDERATION OF MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN HOT STRIP MILL AUTOMATION CHAPTER NOVEL MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR COLD-ROLLING PROCESS CHAPTER ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION OF COLD-ROLLING LUBRICANTS AND ITS MECHANISM IN NONCONFORMAL ROLLING CONTACTS III MEASUREMENT, AUTOMATION, AND PROCESS CONTROL SECTION CHAPTER MULTIVARIABLE HOT STRIP MILL CONTROL CHAPTER FINISHING MILL PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHAPTER DIGITAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF COILS CHAPTER YIELD IMPROVEMENT THROUGH BETTER CROP OPTIMIZATION CHAPTER STATE-OF-THE-ART, NONCONTACT INFRARED, LASER, AND MICROWAVE INTELLIGENT SENSORS AND SYSTEMS FOR STEEL MILLS CHAPTER COLD-ROLLING MILL VIBRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCT QUALITY CHAPTER IMPOC©: AN ONLINE MATERIAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT SYSTEM CHAPTER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES CHAPTER METALLURGICAL, MODELING, AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ISSUES IN THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEEL MILL LEVEL 2 MODELS IV STRIP PROFI LE AND FLATNESS CONTROL SECTION CHAPTER METHODS OF DESCRIBING, ASSESSING, AND INFL UENCING SHAPE DEVIATIONS IN STRIPS CHAPTER LOCAL SHAPE DEFECTS IN COLD ROLLING: SIMULATION, CAUSES IDENTIFI CATION, AND REDUCTION CHAPTER FUNDAMENTALS OF ONLINE FLATNESS MEASURING DEVICES CHAPTER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN STRIP-PROFI LE CALCULATION CHAPTER HOT BAND PROFI LE IRREGULARITIES RELATED TO THERMAL CONTOUR OF WORK ROLLS