Mathematical modeling of fluid flow in continuous casting

BG Thomas, L Zhang - ISIJ international, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Fluid flow is very important to quality in the continuous casting of steel. With the high cost of
empirical investigation and the increasing power of computer hardware and software …

Kinetic modeling of nonmetallic inclusions behavior in molten steel: A review

JH Park, L Zhang - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2020 - Springer
The kinetic modeling for the nucleation, size growth, and compositional evolution of
nonmetallic inclusions in steel was extensively reviewed in the present article. The …

Investigation of fluid flow and steel cleanliness in the continuous casting strand

L Zhang, S Yang, K Cai, J Li, X Wan… - … and materials transactions …, 2007 - Springer
Fluid flow in the mold region of the continuous slab caster at Panzhihua Steel is investigated
with 0.6-scale water model experiments, industrial measurements, and numerical …

Simulation of argon gas flow effects in a continuous slab caster

BG Thomas, X Huang, RC Sussman - Metallurgical and Materials …, 1994 - Springer
Three-dimensional finite-volume-based numerical models of fluid, heat, and mass transport
have been developed and applied to help explain the complex inter-related phenomena of …

Modeling superheat removal during continuous casting of steel slabs

X Huang, BG Thomas, FM Najjar - Metallurgical and Materials …, 1992 - Springer
To investigate superheat dissipation in a continuous slab casting machine, mathematical
models have been developed to compute fluid flow velocities, temperature distribution within …

Comparison of four methods to evaluate fluid velocities in a continuous slab casting mold

BG Thomas, Q Yuan, S Sivaramakrishnan, T Shi… - ISIJ …, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Four different methods are compared for evaluating fluid flow velocities in the liquid pool in
the mold region of a continuous caster of steel slabs. First, the instantaneous and time …

Turbulent flow of liquid steel and argon bubbles in slide-gate tundish nozzles: Part I. model development and validation

H Bai, BG Thomas - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2001 - Springer
The quality of continuous-cast steel is greatly affected by the flow pattern in the mold, which
depends mainly on the jets flowing from the outlet ports in casting with submerged tundish …

Study of transient flow and particle transport in continuous steel caster molds: Part I. Fluid flow

Q Yuan, BG Thomas, SP Vanka - Metallurgical and materials transactions …, 2004 - Springer
Unsteady three-dimensional flow in the mold region of the liquid pool during continuous
casting of steel slabs has been computed using realistic geometries starting from the …

Turbulent flow of liquid steel and argon bubbles in slide-gate tundish nozzles: Part II. Effect of operation conditions and nozzle design

H Bai, BG Thomas - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2001 - Springer
Abstract A three-dimensional (3-D) finite-volume model, developed and validated in Part I of
this two-part article, is employed to study steady-state two-phase turbulent flow of liquid steel …

Numerical study of steady turbulent flow through bifurcated nozzles in continuous casting

FM Najjar, BG Thomas, DE Hershey - Metallurgical and materials …, 1995 - Springer
Bifurcated nozzles are used in continuous casting of molten steel, where they influence the
quality of the cast steel slabs. The present study performs two-dimensional (2-D) and three …