1 Reply Latest reply on Jun 13, 2014 1:06 AM by Jared Conway

BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO SIMULATE TEMPERATURE EXPANSION IN A FOUNDRY LADLE

Arkmando Arratia Jun 12, 2014 3:20 PM

Hi guys,

I am trying to simulate expansion/deformation due to temperature differences in a foundry ladle. The ladle I am simulating is cilindrical in shape. I have already took temperature reading while the ladle is in operation. Also, The ladle is already simulated (as a part) in 3d also using SolidWorks. My question is, how can i make an accurate representation of the expansion/deformation. I am thinking of split the body in several pieces (volumes) so I can give each chunk of material their corresponding temperature. Or Would you recommend just spliting surfaces (areas) and then adding the collected temperature readings? Or maybe there is a better way? I have attached a jpeg of my 3d model for reference.

Regards,

Arkmando

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Re: BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO SIMULATE TEMPERATURE EXPANSION IN A FOUNDRY LADLE

Jared Conway Jun 13, 2014 1:06 AM (in response to Arkmando Arratia)

take a look, there are a bunch of posts on this
there are 3 ways
1. "heat soak" your parts by applying a temperature to each body. not the faces.
2. do a thermal analysis first, get the temperature distribution, import into static analysis
3. break it up into fine components and apply temperature to each one, this is diffcult and time consuming. if you really need this, go with option 2.
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