Liquid-Gas Two-Phase Flow Simulation in Mold Filling Process with Level Set Method

Air entrapped in liquid metal during the mold filling process seriously affects the casting quality, thus it is important to track its behavior in the mold cavity. A liquid-gas two-phase flow model is developed to describe the mold filling process and predict the air entrapment defect. The model is based on the combination of SOLA and Level Set Method. The pressure and velocity fields are calculated by SOLA,and the interface movement is simulated by Level Set method as the most common interface tracking method in recent years.In order to validate the feasibility of the model,the liquid-gas two-phase simulation results were tested by the broken dam problem and the S-shaped experiment. Comparison between the experiments and simulation results show that Level Set method might be a very promising tool in two-phase flow simulation during the mold filling process.

基于Level Set法铸造充型过程气-液两相流数值模拟

针对目前铸造充型流动模拟最为常见VOF方法的不足,建立了基于Level Set方法的气-液两相流数学模型及求解方法。应用所建立的模型,模拟了气泡的运动过程,并通过水模拟试验进行了验证,模拟结果表明,Level Set方法可以有效地模拟铸造充型过程中的气-液两相流动,是铸造模拟技术发展的新方向。

基于投影-水平集方法充型过程气-液两相流数值模拟

为了更精确地模拟铸造充型过程的流动行为,建立了充型过程的三维不可压缩气-液两相流动模型。采用水平集方法捕捉气-液两相界面,结合投影方法,对所建立的两相流动模型进行了三维数值求解。结果表明:投影-水平集方法能够较好地模拟三维复杂铸件充型过程的两相流动。