The CANMET-McGill Mathematical Model has been expanded and improved to provide a more comprehensive predictive tool for simulation of temperature evolution in the hot rolling of steel. The model uses a Windows(TM)-based, user-friendly, graphical interface and the explicit finite-difference method in two dimensions to simulate the rolling of flat product. / Data input options were expanded to allow an initial temperature gradient in the steel to be rolled, the inclusion of a runout table in the calculations, specific chemical compositions and a choice of emissivity values. / A novel, chemistry-dependent thermal conductivity term was developed to account for the variation in heat conduction through the thickness of the steel and to ensure that the temperature of the entire cross-section is accurately predicted. In addition, the model now calculates a heat of transformation for phase changes from austenite to ferrite, pearlite and bainite. / An automated self-calibration module was included to facilitate the calibration of the model's predictions to empirically obtained temperature setpoints. / The model's temperature predictions were validated against both industrial and laboratory data with excellent results.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30269 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Purcell, Anne, 1960- |
| Contributors | Yue, Steve (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering (Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001762923, proquestno: MQ64245, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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