Veröffentlichungen und Präsentationen

The geometrical design and material choice for a refractory lining requires a good understanding of its thermo-mechanical behavior. Design engineers clearly need a tool for fast and efficient computation of thermo-mechanical state of refractory linings under various conditions. However, standard simulation models and their solutions suffer as the linings are composed of many refractory blocks in contact.

A simplified approach to the contact in thermo-mechanical analysis of refractory linings and its implementation are introduced. This method provides a much faster model preparation and solution than the traditional contact models with an acceptable accuracy. The introduced solution is applicable to a very wide range of industrial application fields such as blast furnaces, converters, ladles, etc.