Numerical model of electromagnetic stirring for continuous casting billets

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3658-3660

  Trindade, Leonardo B ^a   Vilela, Antônio C F ^a   Filho, Ály F F ^a   Vilhena, Marco T M B ^a   Soares, Rodrigo B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b GERDAU SA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous casting; Electromagnetic stirring; Finite element model

Indexed keywords

BILLETS (METAL BARS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS CASTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; INDUCTION MOTORS; LIQUID METALS; MOLDS; STEEL;

CONTINUOUS CASTING BILLETS; ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRING; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; MOLTEN STEEL;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0036874717     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.804804     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. A. A. Tzavaras and H. D. Brody, "Electromagnetic stirring and continuous casting- Achievements, problems, and goals," J. Metals, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 31-37, 1984.
2. J. P. Birat and J. Choné, "Electromagnetic stirring on billet, bloom, and slab continuous casting: State of the art in 1982," Ironmaking Steelmaking, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 269-281, 1983.
3. J.-L. Meyer, J. Szekely, and N. El-Kaddah, "Calculation of the electromagnetic force field for induction stirring in continuous casting," Trans. ISIJ, vol. 27, pp. 25-33, 1987.
4. T. T. Natajaran and N. El-Kaddah, "Finite element analysis of electromagnetically driven flow in sub-mold stirring of billets and slabs," ISIJ Int., vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 680-689, 1998.
5. G. A. de Toledo, O. Campo, and E. Laínez, "Agitación electromagnética en la colada continua de acero," Rev. Metal. Madrid, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 23-30, 1995.
6. K. Fujisaki, T. Ueyama, T. Toh, M. Uehara, and S. Kobayashi, "Magneto hydrodynamic calculation for electromagnetic stirring of molten metal," IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 34, pp. 2120-2122, July 1998.
7. K. Fujisaki, T. Ueyama, K. Takahashi, and S. Satoh, "Phase characteristics of electromagnetic stirring," IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 33, pp. 1642-1645, Mar. 1997.
8. H. Hackl and P. J. Hanley, "The use and results of electromagnetic stirring for the continuous casting of steel," in Proc. 50th Electric Furnace Conf., Nov. 1992 pp. 74-82.
9. J. Szekely, Fluid Flow Phenomena in Metals Processing. New York: Academic, 1979, pp. 175-203.
10. F. C. Chang, J. R. Hull, and L. Beitelman, "Simulation of fluid flow induced by opposing AC magnetic fields in a continuous casting mold," in Proc. 13th PTD Conf., 1995, pp. 79-88.
11. F. Robiglio, A. Campos, J. Paiuk, M. Maldovan, J. Principe, A. Pignotti, and M. Goldschmit, "Diseño y modelado numerico del EMS en siderca," in Proc. 12 Seminario de Acería del IAS y 2 Encuentro de la Sección Argentina de la Iron and Steel Soc., Nov. 1999, pp. 410-419.