The Open Mechanical Engineering Journal

2011, 5 : 39-42
Published online 2011 April 29. DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01105010039
Publisher ID: TOMEJ-5-39

Investigation of Thermal Performance of Mold Copper Plate in Slab Continuous Casting

Xingzhong Zhang , Zhengyi Jiang , Qiang Zhang and Chunxia Dou
College of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, P. R. China.

ABSTRACT

Based on the cooling parameters of the mold copper plate for slab continuous casting in a steelmaking plant, the three-dimensional calculating model of the copper plate was established, and three-dimensional distributions of temperature, thermal stress and strain were simulated numerically by using finite element method (FEM). The maximum deformation of the mold copper plate, the highest temperature and thermal stress were obtained. This research is useful for the structure design of the mold.