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Both casting and quenching are processes during which several physical phenomena like heat transfer, fluid flow, phase transformation,etc. interact in a complex manner. To obtain a nu-merical model which is capable of accurately simulating the actual process, one has to be able to quantify all the parameters affecting the process. One parameter which substantially influ-ences heat transfer in these processes is the heat transfer coefficient at the interface between the mold and the metal in casting and that between the metal and the quenchant in quenching. The heat transfer coefficient could vary on the surface of a casting or a quench metal both spatially and with time. Its accurate determination is imperative for a realistic simulation of these processes. In this work, an algorithm based on the boundary element technique is proposed to solve for the interface heat transfer coefficient. The problem is cast as one of inverse heat conduction in two dimensions where some of the boundary conditions, namely, the previously mentioned heat transfer coefficients, are unknowns. Since it is the boundary properties that are being determined, the boundary element method (BEM) is the most suitable technique to use. The algorithm uses experimentally measured temperature data inside the domain to determine the interface heat transfer coefficient. The technique is outlined in detail and some casting and quenching examples are presented to demonstrate its capability.
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S. Das: Ph.D. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1991.
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Das, S., Paul, A.J. Determination of interfacial heat transfer coefficients in casting and quenching using a solution technique for inverse problems based on the boundary element method. Metall Trans B 24, 1077–1086 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02660999
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