简介：Duringtheingotcastingprocess,theparametricchangesofthemoltensteelpouringprocessoftencausebothingotsurfaceandinternalqualitydefects.Withtheincreasinglywideapplicationofcomputersinindustrialtechnology,numericalsimulationsofthemoltensteelpouringprocessenablepredictionsofthedefectsthatwillariseduringthepouringandsolidificationprocess,especiallyforthemoltensteelflowduringtheearlystagesofcasting.Inaddition,usingacomputertosimulatethecastingprocessofa40tingotandsolidificationcanpreventmanydefects.Thesimulationresultsindicatethatcontrollingthepouringspeedtolessthan80kg/s,hangingthecastingpowderinamoldwiththehangingheightmaintainedat100-150mm,andcontrollingthetaperangleofthemoldbrickoutlettoasuitablelevelcanreducetheprobabilityofslagentrapmentandimprovetheinternalandsurfacequalityoftheingot.

简介：Sprayformingisanewtypeofmetalmaterialformingprocess,whichcanproducemetalblankssuchasbillet,tube,plateetc.Amathematicalmodelhasbeendevelopedtoforecasttheshapeevolutionoftubebilletsduringthesprayformingprocess.Theatomizermassfluxas,radialdistributioncoefficientbs,drawvelocityanddiameterofmandrelwereconsideredinthismodelandtheinfluenceofdifferentparameterssuchasmetalflowrate,drawvelocityofmandrel,diameterofmandrelonthetube'sshapechangeweresimulatedandanalyzedinthispaper.Thesimulationresultsobtainedfromthismodelcanbeprovidedtoengineersasreference.

简介：Toaddressthephenomenonofsparkingduringtheedgeinductionheatingprocessinhotstripmills,thispaperusesnumericalsimulationtosystematicallyinvestigatethekeyfactorsinfluencingsparkingandtheireffects.Thedistributionofinducedcurrentdensityinthesteelplateaboverollerconveyortableduringtheheatingprocessiscalculatedandcomparedunderdifferentconditions,includingtherelativepositionsofthesteelplateandinductioncoil,thewidthofthesteelplate,andchangesinload.Theresultsshowthatwhenanarrowsteelplateisheatedorthesteelplateshiftstothesideoftheinductioncoil,sparkingbetweenthesteelplateandrollerconveyorismorelikelytooccur.

简介：Throughphysicalmodelingandnumericalsimulation,theflowfieldinaslabcontinuouscastingmoldwithelectromagneticstirringismeasuredunderdifferentcastingparametersandstirringcurrents.Toqualitativelyevaluatetheflowfieldinthemold,twoindexes,i.e.,moldfluxentrapmentandvelocityuniformity,areproposed.Basedonthesetwoindexes,someoptimizedstirringparametersunderdifferentcastingconditionscanbedetermined.

简介：ThedimensionvariationofB610EsteelduringthequenchingandtemperingprocesswassimulatedbyABAQUS,thecoefficientofheattransferduringquenchingwasverifiedbytheburiedthermocoupletestandthetrendofthedimensionvariationduringthequenchingprocesswasalsocalculatedbyABAQUS.Itwasshownbythecomparisonofsimulatedresultsandindustriallymeasuredresultsthatonlythesimulationofthicknessandwidthvariationwasaccurate,whilelengthvariationneededfurthersimulation.Besides,thedimensionvariationtrendwasidenticalwiththemeasuredresults.

简介：Thisstudyestablishedathree-dimensionalmathematicalmodeltodeterminethefluidflowinaslabcontinuouscastingmoldunderanelectromagneticstirringforce.Theflowstructureanddistributionwerestudiedwithrespecttodifferentcontinuouscastingparametersandstirringcurrent.Basedonthecalculationresults,themoldfluxentrapmentindexinfreesurfaceandvelocityuniformityindexwereusedtoevaluatetheflowfieldinthemold.Thetheoreticalbasisfortheoptimizationoftheflowfieldstructurewasprovided.Thestudyalsosuggestedanoptimizationmethodforelectromagneticstirringparameters.

简介：Basedontheeffectsofseveralcastingparametersonslagentrapmentinthemould(watermodeling),thenumericalmodelingwasresearched.Theresultsshowthattheflowfieldwithasubmergednozzlesectiondimensionof65mm×80mmisbetterthanthatwithasubmergednozzlesectiondimensionof40mm×40mmandisfavorableforavoidingslagentrapment.Inthispaper,lowsurfacevelocity,smalllevelfluctuationandproperimpactdepthcanbeachievedwithanozzleofanoutletangleof25°andanimmersiondepthof150mm,orwithaprototypenozzleofanoutletangleof15°angleandanimmersiondepthof150mm.

简介：UnderstandingthecomplexphenomenainBFhearthisessentialtoincreasefurnaceproductivityandtoextendfurnacecampaign.Wehavedevelopedseveralcontinuum-basedmathematical/numericalmodelstosimulatethemulti-phaseflow,heattransferandchemicalreactionsintheBFhearth.Thesemodelshavegeneratedanimprovedinsightonthemechanismsforliquiddrainageefficiency,liningerosionandwallprotectioninBFhearthunderoperationalconditions.Thecurrentpapergivesanoverviewofthesestudiesinthreeaspects:Gasflowandpressureontheliquidsurface,andtheireffectonthedrainagecharacteristics;TheflowandtemperaturedistributionsofliquidironinBFhearth,andthetemperaturedistributionintherefractories;Finally,titaniumbehaviorsduetotitaniainjectiontoformTi(C,N)-richscaffoldonthehearthsurface,toprotectthehearthfromerosion.