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The Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC)) is an alternative to traditional processingProcessing of Near-Net-Shape-CastingCasting thin stripThin strips products. The process has been applied at the pilot-scale, to successfully produce aluminumAluminum and steel alloys sheets, 200–250 mm wide. In the present work, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)) software ANSYS-Fluent v. 19.0 was used to generate a 3D transient solidificationSolidification model, to study the effect of the “free fall” distance on the solidificationSolidification behaviour of commercial aluminum alloysAluminum alloy (AA2024, AA5182 and AA6111, AA7068) during the production of a 250 mm strip. The model was used to test different belt materials, superheats, and belt speed to assess the best combination of parameters to promote an optimal solidificationSolidification and flow behaviour for the four different alloys for pilot-scale and industrial HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) applications. Predicted heat fluxes, heat transferHeat transfer coefficients, and temperature contours are presented for the four different alloys.

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Three-Dimensional Mathematical Modelling of the Solidification of Aluminum Alloys Strip Produced via the Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) Pilot-Scale Process

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    2026年

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  • Daniel R. Gonzalez-Morales,
  • Mihaiela M. Isac,
  • Roderick I. L. Guthrie

摘要

The Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC)) is an alternative to traditional processingProcessing of Near-Net-Shape-CastingCasting thin stripThin strips products. The process has been applied at the pilot-scale, to successfully produce aluminumAluminum and steel alloys sheets, 200–250 mm wide. In the present work, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)) software ANSYS-Fluent v. 19.0 was used to generate a 3D transient solidificationSolidification model, to study the effect of the “free fall” distance on the solidificationSolidification behaviour of commercial aluminum alloysAluminum alloy (AA2024, AA5182 and AA6111, AA7068) during the production of a 250 mm strip. The model was used to test different belt materials, superheats, and belt speed to assess the best combination of parameters to promote an optimal solidificationSolidification and flow behaviour for the four different alloys for pilot-scale and industrial HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) applications. Predicted heat fluxes, heat transferHeat transfer coefficients, and temperature contours are presented for the four different alloys.