Numerical Simulation of Macrosegregation Formation in a 2.45 ton Steel Ingot Using a Three-Phase Equiaxed Solidification Model

Autor: Engang Wang, Olga Budenkova, Yves Fautrelle, Tao Wang, Yves Delannoy
Přispěvatelé: Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University [Shenyang]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Metals
Metals, MDPI, 2021, 11 (2), pp.262. ⟨10.3390/met11020262⟩
Volume 11
Issue 2
Metals, Vol 11, Iss 262, p 262 (2021)
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met11020262⟩
Popis: International audience; In the present work macrosegregation during solidification of a 2.45 ton steel ingot is simulated with a pure equiaxed model, which was tested previously via modeling of a benchmark experiment. While the columnar structure is not taken into account, a packed layer formed over inner walls of the mold at an early stage of solidification reproduces to some extent phenomena generally related to zones of columnar dendrites. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that interaction of free-floating equiaxed grains with ascending convective flow in the bulk liquid results in flow instabilities. This defines the irregular form of the negative segregation zone, the formation of which at the ingot bottom corresponds to experimental observation. Vertical channels reported in experimental measurements are reproduced in simulations. It is confirmed that intensification of ingot cooling may decrease segregation in the ingot.
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