It is sometimes required to deal with different physical phenomena origins to describe complex problems: thermal, mechanical, hydral, chemical, thermo-metallurgical, electrical…
Thermomechanical Simulation:
Aurock can provide various thermomechanical simulations, for example:
- Guidance on design of parts subjected to thermomechanical stresses
- Evaluation of thermal distortion (contraction, warping) caused by uneven heating and cooling after the extraction from the furnace
- Damage modelling of tools under thermomechanical cycles caused by a forming process
- Thermomechanical behavior of substrates under thermal spraying
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Some examples of multiphysics modeling
- – Thermohydral simulation of drying:
Drying of refractory castables is a process consisting of water removal after manufacturing through a temperature increase. The typical phenomena dread is the spalling due to the rapid increase of internal pressure of vapor. The system to consider is a non-equilibrium opened one with coupling between heat transfer, mass transfer in porous media (gas and liquid) and mechanical behavior. The approach helps to choose the time-saving heating cycle that preserves the mechanical integrity.
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) coupling during drying of refractories