Preliminary Program - Keynote and Invited Speakers Only:
Casting Technology
Session #1 • June 8
Session Title to be Announced
KEYNOTE: Diran Apelian -USA
Modelling the Production of Sand Cores – Simulation and Experiment
KEYNOTE: Marc Schneider, Germany
The Role of Mathematical Modelling in the Development of New Technology for Open Mould Conveyor Ingot Casting
INVITED: John Grandfield, Australia
Coupling and Multi-physics Phenomena
Session #2 • June 8
Coupling In-situ Observations and Microscale Modelling to Predict Pore and Fe-based Intermetallic Formation during the Solidification of Al-Si-Cu-Fe Alloys
KEYNOTE: Peter D. Lee, UK
Explicit Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Finite-Element Model of Continuous Casting of Steel in Funnel Molds
INVITED: Brian Thomas, USA
Numerical Methods / Segregation
Session #3 • June 9
Cellular Automata, Granular Dynamics or Discrete Element Models of Solidification: Which Model for which Application?
KEYNOTE: Michel Rappaz, SwitzerlandThe Making of a General-purpose Casting Simulation Tool Flow-3D
INVITED: Michael Barkhudarov, USA
Defect Formation
Session #4 • June 10
Prediction of Deformation and Hot Tear Formation using a Viscoplastic Model with Damage
KEYNOTE: Christoph Beckermann, USAA 3D Granular Model of Equiaxed-Granular Solidification
INVITED: Andre Phillion, Switzerland
Numerical Methods / Model Validation
Session #5 • June 11
Numerical Simulation on Thermal Stress and Strain of Turbine Disk During Heat Treatment
KEYNOTE: Baicheng Liu, China
Solidification Path of Al-Fe-Mn-Si Aluminium Alloys
INVITED:Jacques Lacaze, France
Fluid Flow and Mould Filling
Session #6 • June 12
Improvement of Mold Filling Simulation
KETNOTE: Itsuo Ohnaka, JapanComputational Methods for Mold Filling Simulation of Semi-Solid Alloys
INVITED:Jean-François Hétu, Canada
Micro and Macrostructure Formation
Session #7 • June 13
A Model for Predicting the As-Cast Grain Size
KEYNOTE: David StJohn, AustraliaNucleation and Grain Refinement
INVITED: Arne Dahle, Australia
Welding
Session #8 • June 13
New Numerical Technologies for the Simulation of Arc Welding Processes
KEYNOTE: Michel Bellet, France
Conference Objectives:
The conference aims to:
- Showcase the continuing development in the theory and modeling of phenomena related to solidification including application to casting, welding and related processes.
- Gather together an international group of experts from academia, industry, government laboratories and software companies who share a common interest in the field of solidification modeling and it application to scientific enquiry and industrial processes.
- Openly share ideas through formal presentations, posters and one-on-one meetings in an environment conducive to open discussion.
- Present the latest numerical developments and their applications.
Topics
Phenomena occurring at all length scales during solidification in casting and welding processes are covered by the conference and include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- heat transfer (diffusive, advective and radiative)
- mass transfer (diffusive and advective)
- fluid flow (single phase, multiphase and free-surface behaviour, newtonian and non-newtonian fluids, buoyancy effects, thermosolutal effects, turbulence, magneto-hydrodynamics, Marangoni)
- Coupling and multi-physics phenomena (thermal-stress, thermal-fluid, thermal-stress-fluid, electromagnetic)
- Segregation phenomena (micro, macro, exudation, multi-component, deformation induced)
- Micro and macrostructure formation (solid-liquid interface development, dendritic, eutectic, peritectic, columnar, equiaxed, kinetics, phase selection, crystallographic orientation)
- Defect formation (micro-porosity, shrinkage cavities, hot tearing),
- Thermodynamics (coupling with segregation and structure development),
- Numerical methods (volume averaging, finite differences, finite volume, finite elements, front tracking,sharp interface, phase field, cellular automaton, deterministic and stochastic, level set),
- Experimental methods for model validation (in-situ X-Ray imaging, tomography)
- Measurements for model applications and/or validation (thermophysical and thermomechancial properties, inverse methods, metallography,microscopy, composition, EBSD)
- Casting Technology (conventional, continuous, remelting, investment, permanent mould, lost foam, sand, near-net shape, welding, joining, rapid solidification processes).

