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Analysis of the Thermal Transfers in a VASM Crucible: Electron Beam Melting Experiment and Numerical Simulation

Jérémie Haag
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Jonathan Martens
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Bernard Dussoubs
Alain Jardy
Jean-Pierre Bellot

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A description of the Vacuum Arc Skull Melting (VASM) process is presented showing its particularly complex features because of the mixing of porous raw materials with the dense remelted metal as well as the very high temperature and the highly transient nature of the process. This paper presents a 3D transient mathematical modelling of the heat transport with the aim of bringing a better understanding of the thermal behavior of the material into the crucible during a melting cycle. The model takes into account the heat input provided by the incoming metal thanks to an adaptive meshing, as well as the latent heat of solidification and the radiative heat transfers. An experimental validation of the model is presented where an electron beam heating source mimics the heat effect of the arc thanks to an excellent guidance of the beam over the melt surface. A comparison between the measured and calculated temperatures of a steel load is reported and reveals a satisfactory agreement. With very few adjustments, concerning mainly heat radiation at the top surface of metal into the crucible, the numerical model appears to be an efficient numerical tool to simulate the VASM process at the industrial scale.
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hal-03093816 , version 1 (04-01-2021)

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Jérémie Haag, Jonathan Martens, Bernard Dussoubs, Alain Jardy, Jean-Pierre Bellot. Analysis of the Thermal Transfers in a VASM Crucible: Electron Beam Melting Experiment and Numerical Simulation. Metals, 2020, 10 (9), pp.1152. ⟨10.3390/met10091152⟩. ⟨hal-03093816⟩
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