Numerical Simulations of Macrosegregation: A Comparison between Orthogonal Grids and Non-Orthogonal Grids

Wu Tao Tu; Hou Fa Shen; Bai Cheng Liu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.968.213

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Numerical Simulations of Macrosegregation: A Comparison between Orthogonal Grids and Non-Orthogonal Grids

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Macrosegregation predictions have been performed for the alloy solidification in regular and irregular geometries. The continuum model is used to describe the mass, momentum, species, and energy transportation. Based on the same conservation equations, different discretization forms are derived for the orthogonal grids and non-orthogonal grids. Comparisons are made between the results with orthogonal grids and non-orthogonal grids for different cases. Firstly, simulations are conducted for the Pb-48%Sn alloy solidified in a rectangle cavity, i.e., the H-H benchmark. Then, simulations are applied to a 53t steel ingot. Prediction results are compared with concentration measurements along different transverse sections. Although both prediction results are in good agreements with the measurements or results in references, some differences can be observed due to the different boundary fitness. It is advised to adopt the non-orthogonal grids in macrosegregation simulations instead of the orthogonal grids for complex computation domains.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 968)

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Wu Tao Tu*, Hou Fa Shen, Bai Cheng Liu

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