Integrated Simulation of Process of Steel Casting on the Continuous Steel Casting Unit

Abstract

Studying technological processes on real production equipment is associated with a large costs of resources: financial, time, etc. Therefore, various types of modeling are actively used to analyze and optimize these processes. With the development of digital technologies, it is possible to collect data about the process directly during the production. This data can be used both for direct control of the process, and for building (adjusting) the model of the process, which allows to get a "digital twin" repeating both the main properties of the modeled object and its current state. Many complex manufacturing processes involve a set of different interconnected models. In this case, the "digital twin" should contain information about the object characteristics, individual models of its functioning, the connections between these models, and the current state. These processes include many stages of metallurgical production. The paper considers complex modeling of the casting process in continuous steel casting unit. The set of models includes a model of the thermal state of the ingot during casting, a model of the stress-strain state, a model of the melt hydrodynamics, structural and concentration models of the ingot. Mathematical models of thermal and stress-strain states and the connections between them are presented. Examples of temperature fields and deformations calculation during the process of casting are given.