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Integrated fluid-thermal-structural numerical analysis for the quenching of metallic components

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The quenching of a metal component with a channel section in a water tank is numerically simulated. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to model the multiphase flow and the heat transfer in film boiling, nucleate boiling and convective cooling processes to calculate the difference in heat transfer rate around the component and then combining with the thermal simulation and structure analysis of the component to study the effect of heat transfer rate on the distortion of the U-channel component. A model is also established to calculate the residual stress produced by quenching. The coupling fluid-thermal-structural simulation provides an insight into the deformation of the component and can be used to perform parameter analysis to reduce the distortion of the component.

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  1. Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3217, Australia

    Wei-min Gao  (高为民), Daniel Fabijanic, Tim Hilditch & Ling-xue Kong  (孔令学)

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Gao, Wm., Fabijanic, D., Hilditch, T. et al. Integrated fluid-thermal-structural numerical analysis for the quenching of metallic components. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) 16, 137–140 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-011-1108-5

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