SIMULATION OF THERMAL BEHAVIOR DURING STEEL SOLIDIFICATION IN SLAB CONTINUOUS CASTING MOLD II. Model Verification and Results Analysis
CAI Zhaozhen, ZHU Miaoyong
School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004
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CAI Zhaozhen ZHU Miaoyong. SIMULATION OF THERMAL BEHAVIOR DURING STEEL SOLIDIFICATION IN SLAB CONTINUOUS CASTING MOLD II. Model Verification and Results Analysis. Acta Metall Sin, 2011, 47(6): 678-687.
Abstract Based on the thermal–mechanical coupling finite element model described in Part I of present work, the thermal behavior of one high strength ship plate steel solidifying in slab continuous casting mold was simulated with the practical continuous casting conditions of a steel plant, and the availability of the model was verified by in–plant measurement temperature. With this model, the thickness distributions and thermal behavior of air gap, mold flux (including liquid flux and solidified flux), and the variation characteristics of heat flux and surface temperature, as well as the influence of casting speed, mold taper, and mold flux properties on thermal behavior of the steel solidifying in mold were investigated.
Supported by National Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of China (No.50925415) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University of China (No.N100102001)