Transient heat transfer and solidification modelling in direct-chill casting using a generalized finite differences method

Using Finite Point Method for the Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer Coupled with Microsegregation during Continuous Casting

In the present work, a meshless method called Finite Point Method (FPM) is developed to simulate the solidification process of a continuously cast steel bloom in both primary and secondary cooling regions. The method is based on the use of a weighted least-square interpolation procedure. A transverse slice of the bloom moving at casting speed is considered as the computational domain and two di...

Flow field, heat transfer and entropy generation of nanofluid in a microchannel using the finite volume method

In this study, the finite volume method and the SIMPLER algorithm is employed to investigate forced convection and entropy generation of Cu-water nanofluid in a parallel plate microchannel. There are four obstacles through the microchannel, and the slip velocity and temperature jump boundary conditions are considered in the governing equations to increase the accuracy of modeling. The study is ...

Macrosegregation in direct-chill casting of aluminium alloys

EVALUATION OF PRESSURE EFFECT ON HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT AT THE METAL- MOLD INTERFACE FOR CASTING OF A356 AL ALLOY

Abstract: During solidification and casting in metallic molds, the heat flow is controlled by the thermal resistance at the casting-mold interface. Thus heat transfer coefficient at the metal- mold interface has a predominant effect on the rate of heat transfer. In some processes such as low pressure and die-casting, the effect of pressure on molten metal will affect the rate of heat transfer a...

Two-dimensional Transient Radiative Heat Transfer Using Discrete Ordinates Method

The S-N discrete ordinates (DO) method is developed for the first time to solve transient radiative heat transfer in a two-dimensional rectangular enclosure with absorbing, emitting, and anisotropically scattering medium subject to diffuse and/or collimated laser irradiation. The transient DO method is used to solve several example problems and compared with the existing results and the Monte C...