Dongrong Liu
材料科学技术（英文）
Macrosegregation in Fe-0.8 wt pct C alloy solidifying with equiaxed morphology was numerically simulated. Based on a two-phase volumetric averaging approach, heat transfer, melt convection, composition distribution, nucleation and grain evolution on the system scale were described. A weak-coupling numerical procedure was designed to solve conservation equations. Simulations were conducted to study the effects of cooling rate and nuclei density on the macrosegregation pattern. The relative influence of thermal buoyancy- and solutal buoyancy-induced flows on macrosegregation was identified. Calculated results indicate that a higher cooling rate establishes a more homogeneous composition. More uniform solute distributions are formed with increasing nuclei density. In addition, it is noted that the direction of channel segregates depends on the relative strength of thermal and solutal buoyancy forces.
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Macrosegregation
Dongrong LIU
金属学报(英文版)
Formation of macrosegregation of 5 t steel ingots cast in sand molds with and without water-cooled copper tube is simulated by solving macroscopic mass, momentum, species and energy conservation equations with the consideration of shrinkage formation. Predicted macrosegregation pattern of the ingots shows a fair agreement with the experimental data. Both calculations and experiments reveal that some positive segregation patches are formed at the bottom of ingot. With the water-cooled copper tube inserted in the sand mold, the ingot cast has a less intensive macrosegregation. Mechanisms of macrosegregation formation are numerically analyzed. Explanations regarding the influences of fluid flow and temperature change upon the segregation formation are provided.
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Macrosegregation
Yongsheng WANG
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Chenxi JI
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Jiongming ZHANG
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Xinhua WANG
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Wanjun WANG
金属学报(英文版)
doi:10.1016/S1006-7191(08)60108-8
Mathematical model of solute [C] distribution in twin-roll strip casting process has been setup successfully with Calcosoft for the first time. Simulation result shows that in the center of the molten steel pool between the two rolls there is a vortex flow, which is a solute enriched area. But the highest solute concentration position is at the solidification front of the columnar grain zone near the cooling roll surface. Another solute enriched position is in the back flow above the nip point. Combined with the formation mechanism of microstructure in final as cast strip, analysis shows that solute enriched area is in the transitional area between columnar and equiaxed grain zone.
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Twin-roll strip casting
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