Fracture prediction of electromagnetic silicon steel in reheating furnace

Autor: Yu-Hsi Huang, Chia-Hsuan Chen, Li-Wen Wu
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Stresses. 39:571-588
ISSN: 1521-074X
0149-5739
DOI: 10.1080/01495739.2016.1160698
Popis: This article proposes the use of strain energy density (SED) for the prediction of fracturing in silicon steel slabs undergoing reheating in a furnace. Reheating is commonly used to soften steel before hot rolling into ultra-thin silicon steel sheets referred to as electromagnetic steel. High heating rates are required to reduce the time spent in the reheating furnace to increase the efficiency of producing ultra-thin electromagnetic steel sheets and decrease fuel consumption. However, an excessive increase in heating rates may induce fracturing due to the comparatively brittle nature of the silicon used in electromagnetic steel slabs to enhance the electromagnetic properties. In this study, the authors used finite element numerical calculation to elucidate the fracture mechanism of electromagnetic steel slabs undergoing heating. The authors then used SED as a criterion by which to optimize the heating rates without inducing fracturing in electromagnetic steel. The proposed model could be used as ...
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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