VIII International Scientific Colloquium on Modelling for Materials Processing

Abstract

Dear distinguished reader!These are the proceedings of the VIII International Colloquium on Modelling for Material Processing, which took place on 21st and 22nd of September 2017 in Riga, Latvia. All papers within these proceedings are peer-reviewed and published as an issue of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. On behalf of the organizers of the colloquium, the University of Latvia and Leibniz University of Hanover, the editors of this issue kindly ask you to pay attention to the scientific papers published in this issue.The colloquium is the 8th among the series, which started in 1999 and was organized one by one in Riga, Latvia and Hanover, Germany. The success of this series of colloquiums coincided with dramatic progress in numerical simulation. For example, with fluid dynamics, in the 90s, scientists were trying to describe liquid flows in industrial metallurgical equipment with rough two-parametric models, while industry practiced purely experimental approach. With enhancement of computational resources, we saw transition in the 2000s. Industry already adopted two-parametric simulation for averaged flows, while scientists were building reliable LES models. Nowadays, we see acceleration of knowledge transition between the academic world and industry, LES came into practice in industrial R&D in the 2010s. It was favoured by drastic jump in computer power and liberalization of simulation software market by open source initiatives.This is just an example of the increasing role of simulation in industry, physical prototyping has been replacing by virtual testing using simulation software to avoid design errors and reduce R&D costs and time to market. Taking into account the history of successful knowledge transfer between the academic world and industry in the last decades, we believe colloquiums like this play a crucial role in industrial progress towards energy efficient and innovative manufacturing of parts and materials.Traditionally, the series of colloquiums reflected the increasing role of electromagnetic technologies in smart manufacturing, including induction melting and stirring of electrically conductive materials. The majority of the papers reflect scientific progress in crystal growth and metallurgical industries. In many cases, the processes in multiphase materials with movement of phase interfaces and melting/crystallisation are successfully researched. Nevertheless, the issue also includes some papers, which describe cutting-edge simulation applications in non-traditional ways.The editors hope that the reader will enjoy the scientific content of the issue, will find it useful for professional development and will explicitly cite these papers in further works.EditorsDr. Phys. Andris Jakovics (University of Latvia)Dr. Phys. Mihails Scepanskis (CENOS Ltd.)