Thermo-mechanical Multiphase Simulation Applying Local Calculations of Material Properties for Predicting and Minimizing Casting Distortion (B09)

• Subject Area: Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 236616214

The hot cracking criteria and compensation predictions will be extended in the third phase to a multiphase approach in order to increase precision by modeling thermomechanical interactions. Furthermore, this will enable the direct integration of anisotropic microstructure properties. Another focus is on the development of simulation-based thermal and geometric compensation strategies as well as the integration of technically feasible control measures to minimize warpage and hot crack evolution.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1120: Precision manufacturing by controlling melt dynamics and solidification in production processes
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bührig-Polaczek