Abstract:
Under the Euler-Lagrange framework, based on the quantitative description of inclusion morphology using the fractal theory, the motion behavior of condensed Al
2O
3 inclusions in liquid steel in a continuous casting tundish was studied by numerical sim-ulation. It is found that liquid steel flow field and inclusion morphology influence the motion behavior of Al
2O
3 inclusions in liquid steel together. With increasing inclusion size, the floating removal rate of two different morphologies of inclusions, cluster-like Al
2O
3 inclu-sions and spherical Al
2O
3 inclusions, becomes larger gradually. At the same inclusion size, the floating removal rate of cluster-like Al
2O
3 inclusions is lower than that of spherical Al
2O
3 inclusions. As the inclusion size increases, the floating removal rate of cluster-like Al
2O
3 inclusions decreases more than that of spherical Al
2O
3 inclusions with the same size. At the inclusion size of 20, 40, 60 and 80μm, the floating removal rate of cluster-like Al
2O
3 inclusions decreases by 4.8%, 5.7%, 6.4% and 12.5% compared with spheri-cal Al
2O
3 inclusions, respectively.