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Propagation form of internal cracks induced by continuous casting soft reduction and control strategy for internal quality

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The propagation form of internal cracks induced by continuous casting soft reduction and the control strategy for enhancing the internal quality of 45 steel through industrial trials and a three-dimensional flow–heat transfer–solidification coupling model were investigated. The results showed that the internal cracks induced by soft reduction exhibited a characteristic of being “coarse in the middle and fine at both ends”, and displayed an elliptical arc distribution on the loose side of the strand cross section. The cracks originated within the brittle temperature range and propagated inward to the liquid impenetrable temperature and outward to the zero ductility temperature or below. The control strategy for enhancing the internal quality of the 45 steel strand through soft reduction is to adjust the casting speed or the reduction zone appropriately, ensuring that the central solid fraction of the reduction zone falls within the range of 0.33–0.99. At this point, a reasonable reduction amount is allocated to eliminate the center shrinkage cavities and center segregation, even if it results in minor reduction-induced cracks.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. U1860111).

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  1. School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Pu Wang, Liang Chen & Jia-quan Zhang

  2. Weifang Special Steel Group Co., Ltd., Weifang, 262400, Shandong, China

    Qun-wei Tang & Wei-tao Li

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Shao-xiang Li

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Wang, P., Chen, L., Tang, Qw. et al. Propagation form of internal cracks induced by continuous casting soft reduction and control strategy for internal quality. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 31, 622–633 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-023-01144-8

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