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casting of aluminium alloy

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Hi,
i want to model the fluid flow during casting of al-si alloys. I have solved the model for laminar fluid flow but i cannot distinguish the point at which the alloy solidifies and velocity becomes zero before leaving the outlet.

2 Replies Last Post 19.07.2016, 19:56 GMT-4
Erik Bornhöft COMSOL Employee

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Posted: 1 decade ago 13.09.2013, 08:39 GMT-4
Dear Mridusmita Sarma,

although I cannot help you with your specific model, I would like to point you to two example models from our model library you might find useful as they are dealing with metal casting processes (they are also available from the COMSOL GUI in "View>Model Library"):
www.comsol.de/model/continuous-casting-382
www.comsol.de/model/fluid-structure-interaction-in-aluminum-extrusion-4386

There are also general models about phase change available, e.g.
www.comsol.de/model/phase-change-474

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Hope that helps!

Best regards,
Erik

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Dear Mridusmita Sarma, although I cannot help you with your specific model, I would like to point you to two example models from our model library you might find useful as they are dealing with metal casting processes (they are also available from the COMSOL GUI in "View>Model Library"): http://www.comsol.de/model/continuous-casting-382 http://www.comsol.de/model/fluid-structure-interaction-in-aluminum-extrusion-4386 There are also general models about phase change available, e.g. http://www.comsol.de/model/phase-change-474 -- Hope that helps! Best regards, Erik ********************* Erik Bornhöft Senior Technical Sales Engineer COMSOL Multiphysics GmbH Robert-Gernhardt-Platz 1 37073 Göttingen Germany Knowledge Base: http://www.comsol.de/support/knowledgebase/browse/900/ COMSOL Blog: http://www.comsol.de/blogs/

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Posted: 8 years ago 19.07.2016, 19:56 GMT-4
I do not understand how the mold cooling works in the continuous casting example (.mph available on COMSOL website)
Where is flow rate of water in mold defined?
I do not understand how the mold cooling works in the continuous casting example (.mph available on COMSOL website) Where is flow rate of water in mold defined?

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