Numerical Modelling in Steel Metallurgy 2022

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue follows up the previous SI titled “Numerical Modelling in Steel Metallurgy”: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals/special_issues/modelling_steel.

The main idea of the current, new SI in 2022, “Numerical Modelling in Steel Metallurgy 2022”, is to cover all aspects related to new developments in the mathematical and numerical modelling as well as the  thermodynamic calculation of the metallurgical processes of steelmaking.

The method of mathematical and numerical modelling plays an irreplaceable role, especially in demanding metallurgical conditions where it is very difficult to obtain information about the effect of the boundary conditions (BCs) on the steel flow in metallurgical reactors (BOF, EAF, LF, ladle, tundish, mould, and SEN), about the effect of BCs on steel refining during its treatment (LF, VD, RH, and AOD), or about the casting and solidification of steel with the prediction of internal defects (ingot casting, continuous casting, central porosity, macrostructure, hot tears, cracks, oscillation marks with cracks, etc.). Mathematical methods can also be used to evaluate the quality of ore raw materials. The multicriteria character includes models for their evaluation. The thermodynamic calculations of metallurgical processes (e.g., desulphurization) are also very useful.

The results of analyses are highly dependent on the selected parameters of the calculations, from the determination of the modelled area, through to the generation of a computational mesh, to the very definition of a mathematical model, in addition to the selected type of flow or set thermodynamic conditions for materials, which often require interdisciplinary cooperation with other workplaces.

Therefore, articles on the numerical modelling and thermodynamic as well as mathematical calculation of metallurgical processes in BOF, EAF, LF, and VD, etc.; refining ladle; vacuum processing; steel flow optimization in a tundish or mould (or SEN); slag emulsification into steel; steel ingot casting; and continuous casting are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Markéta Tkadlečková
Guest Editor

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• steelmaking optimization
• numerical modelling
• mathematical tools
• thermodynamic calculation
• determination of thermophysical properties
• BOF (basic oxygen furnace)
• EAF (electric arc furnace)
• LD (ladle furnace)
• VD (vacuum degassing)
• steel refining
• steel flow in a tundish
• steel flow in a mould
• steel flow in submerge entry nozzle
• non-metallic inclusions removal
• steel ingot casting
• steel continuous casting
• porosity
• hot tears
• cracks
• segregation processes