TY  - JOUR
T1  - Numerical analysis of the Temperature Distribution in Centrifugal Casting
AU  - Erhunmwun, İredia
AU  - Akpobi, John
AU  - Osunde, Toyin
PY  - 2019
DA  - March
JF  - International Journal of Engineering Science and Application
JO  - IJESA
PB  - Nisantasi University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2548-1185
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - This paper entailsthe mathematical modelling of the conductive heat transfer in horizontalcentrifugal casting. The model was then used to analyse the temperaturedistribution in centrifugal casting. The Finite Element Method was used todiscretize and analyse the temperature distribution. Four quadratic element wasused to represent the entire domain of the casting and mould regionrespectively. The result obtained shows the temperature distribution both in theliquid cast region and the mould region. The liquid cast was poured into theprepared mould at the temperature of 15000Cand the mould was preheated to a temperature of 2500C to prevent thermal shock. After about 20 secs whenthe liquid cast has been poured into the mould, the result obtained shows a decreasein temperature from 1388.72950Cat a distance of 4.5cm to 1032.86360C at a distance of 6.5cm fromthe centre of the mould. Also in the mould region, after about 20 secs, thetemperature drops from 755.82520C at 6.5cm to 350.62050Cat 15.5cm from the centre of the mould. The maximum percentage error was 1.6627% and the minimum percentage errorwas 0.0069%. This comparison was madefor the temperature distribution in the cast region and the mold region afterabout 20 secs when the molten metalhas been poured into the mold cavity. This shows that the result obtained fromthis research is in agreement with the result obtained from finite differencemethod.
KW  - Centrifugal Casting
KW  - Finite Element Method
KW  - Heat Transfer
KW  - Discretization
KW  - Conduction
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijesa/issue//480618
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/682359
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