Advanced Casting Training

Date: September 17, 2008
Time: 10:00-5:00
Room: Ortiz 3, Hilton Santa Fe

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10:00 - 10:30
General outline for approaching simulations – 20-30 minutes

What is important to consider when modeling casting processes

10:30 – 11:15
Setting up problems

Tools for STL file visualization and repair: Minimagics, STL viewer and ADMESH
Using the STL file library
FAVORization
Verifying setup by running pre-processor
Pre-processor
Setting up restart simulations

11:15 – 12:00
Meshing and model size: a balance between accuracy and speed

Meshing, multi-block, nested blocks
Unstructured memory allocation (UMA)
Thermally active layer
Constant, non-uniform mold temperature model

12:30 – 1:30 LUNCH

1:30 – 2:15
Physical models

Filters
Air entrainment and surface oxide defect tracking
Micro- and macro-porosity models
Solidification
Heat transfer coefficients
Exothermic sleeves
Counter-rotating inlet flow for centrifugal casting
Flow-rate boundary condition
Using mass/momentum sources to model inlets

2:15 – 3:00
Numerical options

Pressure solvers
VOF options
F-packer
Implicit advection
Solver Diagnostics:
- volume error
- pressure convergence problems
- convective flux problems
Changing numerical options at runtime

BREAK ... 3:00 – 3:15

3:15 – 3:45
Using General Moving Object model

Coupled-motion vs. prescribed
Coupled-motion shot sleeve plunger model
Motion limiters
Examples

3:45 – 4:15
Output and post-processing

Reducing flsgrf file size: use selected data output
Special output
Using STL files to display geometry
Interpreting results
Third-party postprocessing: FieldView®, Tecplot®, EnSight®

4:15 – 4:45
Reducing model size and CPU time

Parallel execution
CPU time diagnostics
Hardware recommendations (including graphics cards)

Contact Flow Science:
Flow Science Inc.
683 Harkle Rd. Ste A
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Tel.: 505-982-0088
Fax: 505-982-5551
Email: support@flow3d.com

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