Features
- Coupled flow and energy equations
- Prediction of temperature distribution of casting and
mold at every time step
- Prediction of solid/liquid fractions
- Prediction of porosity/shrinkage
- Hot cracking prediction
- Convection/diffusion phase-change:
- solid region
- liquid region
- mushy region
- Interface with thermal stress analysis programs for:
- elastic strains
- thermal strains
- Interface with stress analysis for structural
integrity of parts under external static and dynamic loads
- Provides mesh generator, a 3-D CAD interface module,
and accepts meshes from other mesh generators
- Available on PC based workstations
- Materials database: metals, cores, risers and sand
types
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Temperature Contours
during Filling of
an Engine Block |
