ABSTRACT
Casting process modeling involves the simulation of mold filling and solidification of the cast metal. At the macroscopic scale, these processes are governed by basic equations which describe the conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. This chapter focuses on fundamentals of casting process modeling. Special emphasis will be placed on heat transfer (which is of obvious importance in solidification simulation), fluid dynamics (which is necessary to model mold filling and the natural convection which may occur during solidification), and general procedures for performing casting process modeling. Thermalmechanical modeling (stress analysis) is described in Chapter 3. The modeling of microstructural evolution (micromodeling) is discussed in Chapter 5.
