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Simulation of casting processes

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Course Unit Code618-3030/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HAM33doc. Ing. Jiří Hampl, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is focused on the use of computer support by simulation of foundry processes, flowing, solidification and cooling of the melts in the form. The simulations are used for verifying production processes and casting quality prediction using MAGMA software.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Gained knowledge:
- students will know the basics of modeling physical properties of materials
- the student will be oriented in the possibilities of using simulation programs for individual casting processes

Obtained skills:
- the student will be able to create and process a virtual model including the technological process of production
- student will be able to apply methods of computing for casting production
Course Contents
1. Basic use of computer technology for simulation of casting and solidification of castings
2. Modeling of physical properties of materials including complete computational analysis.
3. Creation and processing of the virtual model including the design of the grid system, technological additions and construction
forms
4. Define and define initial and boundary conditions for prototype design and production processes
5. Principle of numerical modeling by simulation software MAGMAsoft. Definition of input conditions, modification of geometric
model.
6. Check proposed casting geometry and VS. Identification and prediction of possible defects, elimination of thermal nodes of the casting, solution
internal stresses and volume changes.
7. Utilization of simulation programs for special casting technologies - pressure and centrifugal casting, die casting
and a vaporizable model,
8. Overview of simulation programs for casting design and construction, simulation of casting properties, their possibilities
other applications.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1]GOODRICH,George. Iron Castings Enginering Handbook, American Foundry Society, Illinois 60173-4555,USA, c2006. ISBN 0-87433-260-5.
[2]https://www.magmasoft.com
[3]STEFANESCU,D.,M. Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification. Cluver Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002.
[1]ČARNOGURSKÁ,M. Základy matematického a fyzikálního modelovania v mechanike tekutin a termodynamike. SF TU Košice,2000.ISBN 80-7099-344-8.
[2]TKADLEČKOVÁ, M., A KOL. Pokročilé metody numerické simulace metalurgických procesů. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013.
[3]MICHALEK, K. Využití fyzikálního a numerického modelování pro optimalizaci metalurgických procesů. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita Ostrava,2001.
[4]GOODRICH,G. Iron Castings Enginering Handbook. Illinois: American Foundry Society, 2006. ISBN 0-87433-260-5.
Recommended Reading:
[1]CAMPBELL, J. Castings practice:the 10 rules of castings. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.ISBN 07-506-4791-4.
[1]KUNEŠ, Josef, Otakar VAVROCH a Václav FRANTA. Základy modelování. SNTL Praha, 1989, 263 s.ISBN 80-03-00147-1.
[2]KOZUBKOVÁ, M. Modelování proudění-Fluent I. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2008. http://www.338.vsb.cz/PDF/Kozubkova-Fluent.pdf.
[3]HAMPL, J. Technologičnost konstrukce a příprava výroby odlitků. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2016.



Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 20
        ExaminationExamination70 31