After the initial molding of the ceramic, whether by slip casting or dry pressing, it is still necessary to densify the compacted powder samples (green bodies) to form a continuous 3D structure and thus to get ceramic pieces appropriate for the selected application. Usually this is done by a sintering process which is a consolidation and densification step of the granular compact through the ac...

In both continuous casting of steel slabs and direct chill (DC) casting of aluminum alloy ingots, water is used to cool the mold in the initial stages of solidification, and then below the mold, where it is in direct contact with the newly solidified surface of the metal. Water cooling affects the product quality by (1) controlling the heat removal rate that creates and cools the solid shell an...

For a sample steel casting of cylindrical shape that was cast in metallic mould, the analysis influence and importance main boundary condition on simulation accuracy temperature field system casting-mould-environment performed. this system, frame bottom top casting, casting-mould interface analysed. As comparing quantity for accuracy, time-dependent (by means isotherms) mould total solidificati...

Thermal optimization of the vertical continuous casting process is considered in the present study. The goal is to find the optimal distribution of the temperature and interfacial heat transfer coefficients corresponding to the primary and secondary cooling systems, in addition to the pulling speed, such that the solidification along the main axis of strand approaches to the unidirectional soli...

1 The high cost of empirical investigation in an operating steel plant makes it prudent to use all available tools in designing, troubleshooting and optimizing the process. Physical modeling, such as using water to simulate molten steel, enables significant insights into the flow behavior of liquid steel processes. The complexity of the continuous casting process and the phenomena which govern ...

The melt flow, level fluctuation, temperature field, and solidification behavior coupled with electromagnetic stirring (EMS) effects in the continuous casting mold region of U71Mn steel bloom were numerically analyzed by commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software named ANSYS FLUENT. The effects of submerged entry nozzle (SEN) structures and the installation methods for optimized fou...

Continuous casting is used to solidify most of the 750 million tons of steel produced in the world every year. Like most commercial processes, continuous casting involves many complex interacting phenomena. Most previous advances have been based on empirical knowledge gained from experimentation with the process. To further optimize the design and improve the continuous casting process, mathema...