Original scientific paper

Numerical modeling of steel flow in the six-strand tundish with different flow control devices

Merder T. ; Faculty of Materials Sciences and Metallurgy, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
Pieprzyca J. ; Faculty of Materials Sciences and Metallurgy, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
Warzecha M. ; Faculty of Materials Sciences and Metallurgy, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland

Abstract

Numerical modelling have been extensively used to study the fluid flow phenomena taking place in continuous casting tundish. The paper presents the results of steel flow researches done on tundishs with a capacity of 22 Mg, with different flow control devices. The tundish is a “trough”-type designed for the continuous casting of slabs intended for small cross-section rolled products. In effect of mathematical calculations liquid steel velocity, turbulence intensity, turbulent kinetic energy and temperature distributions have been obtained. Calculations were passed by commercial computer program FLUENT.

Keywords

steel; tundish; impact pad device; numerical modeling; fluid dynamics; mixing time

Hrčak ID:

35466

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/35466

Publication date:

1.7.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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