CFD modeling and simulation in materials processing 2016 : proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Process Technology and Modeling Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division and the Solidification Committee of the Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) held during TMS 2016, 145th annual meeting & exhibition, Februrary 14-18, Downton Nashville, Tennessee Music City Center

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 On the Importance of Modeling 3D Shrinkage Cavities for the Prediction of Macrosegregation in Steel Ingots  (A. Ludwig, M. Wu, A. Kharicha)....Pages 3-10
 Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of a Laboratory Flash Reactor Relevant to a Novel Ironmaking Process  (Deqiu Fan, Yousef Mohassab, H. Y. Sohn)....Pages 11-18
 Fluid Flow and Inclusion Motion in a Five-Strand Continuous Casting Tundish  (Abulikemu Yasen, Dongteng Pan)....Pages 19-26
 Liquid Steel Flow and Interactions with Nonmetallic Phases in the Continuous Casting Tundish Using CFD & Physical Modeling  (Christopher Eastman Jr., Peter Glaws, Dongbu Cao)....Pages 27-34
 Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Plasma Arc Region of AC Electric Arc Furnace  (Qipeng Dong, Jiongming Zhang)....Pages 35-42
 Simulation of Heat Transfer in Slab Continuous Casting Mold and New Formation Mechanism of Shell Hot Spots  (Zhaozhen Cai, Miaoyong Zhu)....Pages 43-49
 Computational Investigation of Splashing Behaviors in Steelmaking Converter  (Qiang Li, Mingming Li, Mingxia Feng, Zongshu Zou)....Pages 51-58
 Simulation of Air Entrainment in High Pressure Die Casting Applications  (Juergen Jakumeit, Herfried Behnken, Frank Schmidt, Julian Gänz, Bastian Thorwald, Michael Mathes)....Pages 59-65
 Numerical Simulation of the Multiphase Flow in the Single-Tundish System  (Shupei Liu, Bo Wang, Zhiliang Yang, Shuai Feng, Kongfang Feng, Jinyin Xie et al.)....Pages 67-74
 CFD Analysis of Blast Furnace Operating Condition Impacts on Operational Efficiency  (Tyamo Okosun, Armin K. Silaen, Guangwu Tang, Bin Wu, Chenn Q. Zhou)....Pages 75-82
Front Matter ....Pages 83-83
 Validation of a Model for the Columnar to Equiaxed Transition with Melt Convection  (Mahdi Torabi Rad, Christoph Beckermann)....Pages 85-92
 Modeling the Multicomponent Columar-to-Equiaxed Transition of Alloy 625  (Kyle Fezi, Matthew J. M. Krane)....Pages 93-100
 Performance Optimization and Evaluation of a 3D CA-FVM Model for Dendritic Growth of Fe-C Alloy  (Weiling Wang, Sen Luo, Miaoyong Zhu)....Pages 101-108
 Multiscale Modeling of the Solidification Structure Evolution of Continuously Cast Steel Blooms and Slabs  (Laurentiu Nastac, Mikko Kärkkäinen, Pilvi Hietanen, Seppo Louhenkilpi)....Pages 109-115
 Numerical Simulation of Dendritic Growth of Fe-C Binary Alloy with Natural Convection  (Sen Luo, Weiling Wang, Miaoyong Zhu)....Pages 117-124
 Localized Strengthening of Al-Based Casting Alloys by Automatized Optimization of Laser Heat Treatment  (A. Ludwig, T. Holzmann)....Pages 125-132
Front Matter ....Pages 133-133
 A High-Order Acoustic Cavitation Model for the Treatment of a Moving Liquid Metal Volume  (G S Bruno Lebon, Iakovos Tzanakis, Koulis Pericleous, Dmitry Eskin)....Pages 135-142
 Progress on Numerical Modeling of the Dispersion of Ceramic Nanoparticles during Ultrasonic Processing and Solidification of Al-Based Nanocomposites  (Daojie Zhang, Laurentiu Nastac)....Pages 143-150
 Effects of Velocity-Based Packing Criteria on Models of Alloy Solidification with Free Floating Solid  (A. Plotkowski, Matthew J. M. Krane)....Pages 151-158
 Large Eddy Simulations of the Effects of Double-Ruler Electromagnetic Braking and Nozzle Submergence Depth on Molten Steel Flow in a Commercial Continuous Casting Mold  (Kai Jin, Surya P. Vanka, Brian G. Thomas, Xiaoming Ruan)....Pages 159-166
Front Matter ....Pages 167-167
 CFD Modeling of a Ladle with Top Stirring Lance  (Haibo Ma, Xia Chen, Hoyong Hwang, Megan Pratt, Russel J. Mulligan, Bin Wu et al.)....Pages 169-177
 Numerical Simulation on Multiphase Flow in the Two Side-Blown Oxygen-Enriched Copper Smelting Furnace  (Liu Guanting, Liu Yan, Li Xiaolong, Zhang Ting-an)....Pages 179-186
 3D CFD Modeling of the LMF System  (Laurentiu Nastac, Daojie Zhang, Qing Cao, April Pitts, Robert Williams)....Pages 187-194
 Application of CFD to Multi-Phase Mixing in the Metals and Mining Industries  (Duane Baker, Adam Blackmore)....Pages 195-202
 Numerical Study and Experimental Validation of Multiple Pouring Process in a 438-t Steel Ingot  (Zhenhu Duan, Houfa Shen, Jinwu Kang, Baicheng Liu)....Pages 203-211
 3D CFD Multicomponent Model for Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Particles  (Muhammad Faizan-Ur-Rab, Saden H. Zahiri, S. H. Masood, M. Jahedi, R. Nagarajah)....Pages 213-220
 Numerical Simulation of Effect of Different Electrodes on Magnetic Force and Flow Field of Pure Aluminum Melt  (Qixin Wang, Xiang Wang, Zhishuai Xu, Ning Pei, Yongyong Gong, Qijie Zhai)....Pages 221-226
Front Matter ....Pages 227-227
 Gas-Solid Flow and Injected Gas Distribution in OBF Analyzed by DEM-CFD  (Zeshang Dong, Jingsong Wang, Jinzhou Liu, Xuefeng She, Qingguo Xue, Lin Lin)....Pages 229-237
 Improving Current Efficiency Through Optimizing Electrolyte Flow in Zinc Electrowinning Cell  (Hongdan Wang, Wentang Xia, Wenqiang Yang, Bingzhi Ren)....Pages 239-245
 Influence of Heavy Reduction (HR) on the Internal Quality of the Bearing Steel GCr15 Bloom  (Cheng Ji, Chen-hui Wu, Miao-yong Zhu)....Pages 247-254
 Numerical Study of Flow Behavior and Optimization of Nozzle Ports in Continuous Casting Slab Mold  (Shuai Feng, LingXiang Hong, Bo Wang, Shupei Liu, Zhiliang Yang, Kongfang Feng et al.)....Pages 255-261
 The Effect of Pulse Width on the Characteristic of Discharge and Flow for Pure Aluminum  (Xiang Wang, Zhishuai Xu, Qixin Wang, Qijie Zhai, Ning Pei, Yongyong Gong)....Pages 263-270
Back Matter ....Pages 271-277