Reprint
Continuous Casting
Edited by
July 2019
250 pages
- ISBN978-3-03921-321-4 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03921-322-1 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Continuous Casting that was published in
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Summary
Continuous casting is an industrial process whereby molten metal is solidified into a semi-finished billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in finishing mills; it is the most frequently used process to cast not only steel, but also aluminium and copper alloys. Since its widespread introduction for steel in the 1950s, it has evolved to achieve improved yield, quality, productivity and cost efficiency. It allows lower-cost production of metal sections with better quality, due to the inherently lower costs of continuous, standardized production of a product, as well as providing increased control over the process through automation. Nevertheless, challenges remain and new ones appear, as ways are sought to minimize casting defects and to cast alloys that could originally only be cast via other means. This Special Issue of the journal "Metals" consists of 14 research articles that cover many aspects of experimental work and theoretical modelling related to the ongoing development of continuous casting processes.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
slab continuous casting; hybrid simulation model; uneven secondary cooling; numerical simulation; molten steel flow; solidification; inclusion motion; inclusion entrapment; billet continuous casting; swirling flow tundish; multiphase flow; heat transfer; mold; continuous casting; numerical simulation; round bloom; continuous casting; final electromagnetic stirring; electromagnetic field; polycrystalline model; pores; inclusions; mechanism; beam blank; crystal; propagation; asymptotic analysis; numerical simulation; continuous casting; air mist spray cooling; continuous casting; heat flux; HTC; secondary cooling; thin-slab cast direct-rolling; austenite grain coarsening; grain growth control; liquid core reduction; secondary cooling; two-phase pinning; annular argon blowing; upper nozzle; flow behavior; argon gas distribution; tundish; continuous casting; bulge deformation; thermomechanical coupling; segmented roller; finite element analysis; steel tundish; baffle; flow field; velocity; PIV; multi-source information fusion; data stream; continuous casting; roll gap value; prediction; global optimization; support vector regression; variational mode decomposition; empirical mode decomposition; support vector regression; mold level; continuous casting; magnetohydrodynamics; fluid flow; bubbles; inclusions; entrapment; entrainment; heat transfer; solidification; slab mold; continuous casting; n/a