基于单相LBM模拟大平板反重力充型过程

采用单相格子Boltzmann方法研究大平板的反重力充型过程,该模型不需考虑气相格子的变化,从而提高了计算效率.针对该方法,本文新提出了一种权重系数重新分配的方法来处理格点中的液相排出及分配问题.首先用该模型计算了单浇口条件下的大平板型腔反重力充填过程,以相同参数下的高速相机成像的水力充填实验为参照,数值模拟的流场特征及流体形态与实验结果吻合良好.另外,还采用线速度分布云图,并提出了自由表面的高度差判据来分析充型过程中的流场区域特征和流体平稳程度.在此基础上,继续用该模型研究了双浇口和圆柱扰流条件下的大平板反重力充型过程.双浇口条件下由于浇道间的互相影响,流场中形成的漩涡多于单浇口;圆柱扰流条件下的充填方式会降低流体的晃动程度,提高充型的稳定性.

Simulation of large plate castings in counter-gravity mould filling process based on single-phase LBM

The single-phase free surface lattice Boltzmann model ( LBM) was used to investigate the counter-gravity mould filling process of large plate castings. Computational efficiency can be improved by ignoring the variation of the gas lattice. In this paper, a weight coefficient redistribution method was proposed for dealing with the liquid phase discharge problem and distribution in a grid. First, the model was used to calculate the anti-gravity filling process of a large plate cavity with a single gate, with the same parame-ters, the water filling experiment of high speed camera is taken as a reference, the characteristics of the flow field and the fluid mor-phology of numerical simulation are in good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, the velocity profile of the flow field is used to analyze the characteristics of the flow field, and a criterion called"the altitude difference of free surface" is introduced to e-valuate the stability of the fluid. Subsequently, the counter-gravity filling process of a plate with a double gate and the same plate with one gate and a cylindrical obstruction to turbulent flow are investigated. Due to the mutual influence between the two gates, the vortex formed by the double gates is greater than that formed by the single gate. However, the obstacles under the conditions of cylindrical tur-bulent flow obstruction could reduce the degree of fluid sloshing and improve the stability of the filling.