Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports produced by CCC researchers since 1984. Click on a title to view the paper.
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2015
- Effect of EMBr on Multiphase Flow and Bubble Entrapment in Steel Continuous Casting
6th Baosteel Biennial Academic Conference, Shanghai, China, Oct 20-23, 2015
- Effect of Single-Ruler Electromagnetic Braking (EMBr) Location on Transient Flow in Continuous Casting
Journal of Manufacturing Science and Production, 15(1), 93-104
- Elasto Visco-Plastic Model of Steel Solidification with Local Damage and Failure
Plasticity Conference 2015
- Estimation of Time-Temperature-Transformation Diagrams of Mold Powder Slags from Thermo-Analysis of Non-Isothermal Crystallization
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
- Evolution of Temperature Distribution and Microstructure in Multipass Welded AISI 321 Stainless Steel Plates With Different Thicknesses
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 2015;137(6):061405-061405-15. doi:10.1115/1.4030367
- New Method to Measure Metallurgical Length and Application to Improve Computational Models
Iron & Steel Technology
- Numerical Investigation of Slag Entrainment
Iron & Steel Technology
- Simulation and Validation of Fluid Flow and Particle Transport in Continuous Slab Casting with Electromagnetic Braking (EMBr)
Modeling of Casting, Welding, and Advanced Solidification Processes (MCWASP XIV), Hyogo, Japan, June. 21-26, 2015, IOP Conf: Materials Sci. & Eng. 84(1), 2015, pp. 012095:1-8. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/84/1/01
- Simulation and Validation of Two-Phase Turbulent Flow and Particle Transport in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (MCWASP XIV), 84, 012095
- Thermomechanical Behavior of a Wide Slab-Casting Mold
AISTech 2015 Proceedings
- Three-Dimensional Flow in a Driven Cavity Subjected to an External Magnetic Field
Journal of Fluids Engineering (ASME)
2014
- Application of Enthalpy-Based Feedback Control Methodology to the Two-Sided Stefan Problem
American Control Conference 2014. Portland, Oregon, USA, pp. 1015-1020
- Combining Models and Measurements to Better Understand Steel Continuous Casting
8th European Continuous Casting Conference, Graz, (ECCC2014), Austria, June 23-26, 2014, pp. 1130-1139
- Correlation for Mold Heat Flux Measured in a Thin Slab Casting Mold
AISTech 2014, Indianapolis, IN, May 5-8, 2014, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 2881-2893
- Large Eddy Simulations of Double-Ruler Electromagnetic Field Effect on Transient Flow during Continuous Casting
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 45B (3), pp. 1098-1115, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s11663-014-0022-2
- Looking into continuous casting mould
Ironmaking & Steelmaking 05/2014; 41(4), 242-249
- Measurements of Molten Steel Surface Velocity and Effect of Stopper-rod Movement on Transient Multiphase Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting
ISIJ International, 54 (10), pp. 2314-2323
- Model of Gas Flow Through Porous Refractory Applied to an Upper Tundish Nozzle
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B
- Numerical Investigation of Slag Entrainment in Continuous Casting Molds
AISTech 2014, Indianapolis, IN, May 5-8, 2014, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 1865-1879
- Particle Transport and Deposition in a Turbulent Square Duct Flow with an Imposed Magnetic Field
J. Fluids Engineering, 136 (12) pp. 121201, 2014. DOI: 10.1115/1.4027624
- Preliminary Evaluation of Abaqus, FLUENT, and in-house GPU code Performance on Blue Waters
Blue Waters Symposium, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, May 12-15, 2014, pp. 68-69
- Round Continuous Casting with EMS-CFD Coupled
8th European Continuous Casting Conference, (ECCC2014), Graz, Austria, June 23-26, 2014, pp. 1312-1321
- Simulation and Online Measurement of Narrow Face Mold Distortion in Thin-Slab Casting
8th European Continuous Casting Conference, (ECCC2014), Graz, Austria, June 23-26, 2014, pp. 675-684
- Slidegate Dithering Effects on Transient Flow and Mold Level Fluctuations
Iron and Steel Technology, 11 (7), July, pp. 87-98, 2014. (reprinted from AISTech 2013 Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, May 6-8, 2013, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 1351-1364)
- Transient Fluid Flow during Steady Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs, Part I: Measurements and Modeling of Two-phase Flow
ISIJ International, Vol. 54, No. 4, (April), pp. 845-854
- Transient Fluid Flow during Steady Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs, Part II: Effect of Double-Ruler Electro-Magnetic Braking (EMBr)
ISIJ International, Vol. 54, No. 4, (April), pp. 855-864
- Transient Model of Preheating a Submerged Entry Nozzle
AISTech 2014, Indianapolis, IN, May 5-8, 2014, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 2907-2922
- Transient Thermo-Fluid Model of Meniscus Behavior and Slag Consumption in Steel Continuous Casting
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 45: 5, (Oct.), pp. 1842-1864, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s11663-014-0097-9
- Transport and Entrapment of Particles in Steel Continuous Casting
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 45 (1), 22-35, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s11663-013-9916-7
- Visco-Plastic Multi-Physics Modeling of Steel Solidification
Plasticity 14, Grand Lucayan Resort, Freeport, Bahamas, Jan. 3-8
2013
- Calibration of Thermal Models of Continuous Casting Molds
Iron and Steel Technology - AIST Transactions, 10:9, 199-210, Sept
- Computational Modeling of Temperature, Flow and Crystallization of Mold Slag during Double-Hot-Thermocouple-Technique Experiments
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 44, #5, 2013, pp. 1264-1279
- Effect of Electromagnetic Braking (EMBr) on Turbulent Flow in Continuous Casting
AISTech 2013 Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, May 6-8, 2013, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 1323-1336
- Effects of a Magnetic Field on Turbulent Flow in the Mold Region of a Steel Caster
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 44, #5, 2013, pp. 1201-1221
- Evaluation of Turbulence Models in MHD Channel and Square Duct Flows
Proc. 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kharagpur, India, December 28-31, 2013, 13p
- Flow Control with Ruler Electromagnetic Braking (EMBr) in Continuous Casting of Steel Slabs
BAC2013, Fifth Baosteel Biennial Academic Conference, Shanghai, PRC, June 4-6, 2013, 10p
- Kinetic Study of the Devitrification of Mold Powder Slags
Iron and Steel Technology, 10:7, 65-75, July
- Measurement of heat flux in dense air-mist cooling: Part I – A novel steady-state technique
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 44, 2013, pp. 147-160
- Measurement of heat flux in dense air-mist cooling: Part II – The influence of mist characteristics on steady-state heat transfer
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 44, 2013, pp. 161-173
- Measuring heat transfer during spray cooling using controlled induction heating experiments and computational models
Applied Mathematical Modeling, V. 37, 2013, pp. 3181-3192
- Mold Slag Entrainment Mechanisms in Continuous Casting Molds
Iron and Steel Technology, 10:10, 121-136, Oct
- Multiphysics Simulation of Metal Solidification Processes with Abaqus
Simulia Community Conference, Vienna, Austria, May 21-24, 2013, 10p
- Particle Transport in a Turbulent Square Duct Flow with an Imposed Magnetic Field
Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM2013, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, July 7-11, 2013, 10p
- Slidegate Dithering Effects on Transient Flow and Mold Level Fluctuations
AISTech 2013 Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, May 6-8, 2013, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, pp. 1351-1364
2012
- Calibration of Thermal Models of Continuous Casting of Steel
AISTech 2012, (Atlanta, GA, May 7-9, 2012)
- CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing
(Proceedings of TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, held in Orlando, FL, Mar. 12-15, 2012), John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 347 pages
- Effect of Electromagnetic Ruler Braking (EMBr) on Transient Turbulent Flow in Continuous Slab Casting using Large Eddy Simulations
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, Vol. 43B, No. 3, 2012, pp. 532-553, DOI: 10.1007/s11663-012-9634-6
- Effect of Nozzle Clogging on Surface Flow and Vortex Formation in the Continuous Casting Mold
Iron and Steel Technology, 9:7, 85-95, 2012, (reprinted from Cho, S.-M., S.H. Kim, R. Chaudhary, B.G. Thomas, H.-J. Shin, W.-R. Choi, S.-K. Kim, “Effect of Nozzle Clogging on Surface Flow and Vortex Formation in the Continuous Casting Mold”, AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, IN, May 2-5, 2011, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA)
- Enthalpy-based feedback control algorithms for the Stefan problem
51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, (Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 10-13, 2012)
- Kinetic Study of the Devitrification of Mold Powder Slags
AISTech 2012, (Atlanta, GA, May 7-9, 2012)
- Model of Gas Flow through Upper Tundish Nozzle Refractory and Initial Bubble Size
AISTech 2012, (Atlanta, GA, May 7-9, 2012)
- Particle-Size-Grouping Model of Precipitation Kinetics in Microalloyed Steels
Metallurgical and Materials Trans. A, Vol. 43A, No. 3 (March), pp. 1079-1096, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s11661-011-0938-y
- Simulation of Transient Fluid Flow in Mold Region during Steel Continuous Casting
Modeling of Casting, Welding, and Advanced Solidification Processes (MCWASP) XIII, (Styria, Austria, June 17-22, 2012)
- The Thermal Distortion of a Funnel Mold
Metal. Mater. Trans. B., Vol. 43B, No. 5, 2012, pp. 1156-1172, DOI: 10.1007/s11663-012-9696-5
- Thermal Stress Cracking of Sliding Gate Plates
AISTech 2012, (Atlanta, GA, May 7-9, 2012)
- Thermal-Mechanical Model Calibration with Breakout Shell Measurements in Continuous Steel Slab Casting
in Supplemental Proceedings: Volume 2: Materials Properties, Characterization, and Modeling, TMS Annual Meeting, Defects and Properties of Cast Metals Symposium (Orlando, FL, Mar. 12-15, 2012), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, (TMS), Warrendale, PA, 355-362
- Transient Turbulent Flow Simulation with Water Model Validation and Application to Slide Gate Dithering
AISTech 2012, (Atlanta, GA, May 7-9, 2012)
- Transport and Entrapment of Particles in Steel Continuous Casting
in CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials, L. Nastac, L. Zhang, B. G. Thomas, A. Sabau, N. El-Kaddah, A. C. Powell and H. Combeau, eds., (Orlando, FL, Mar. 12-15, 2012), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, (TMS), Warrendale, PA, 279-286
2011
- 3D Thickness Measurement Technique for Continuous Casting Breakout Shells
in 7th European Continuous-Casting Conference, 2011, MetTec InSteelCon, (Dusseldorf, Germany, June 27- July 1, 2011)
- B.G., J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, (Proceedings of TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, held in San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 166 pages, 2011.
- Effect of Nozzle Clogging on Surface Flow and Vortex Formation in the Continuous Casting Mold
AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, IN, May 2-5, 2011, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA
- Effects of Stopper Rod Movement on Mold Fluid Flow at ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s No. 1 Continuous Caster
AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, IN, May 2-5, 2011, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA
- Hybrid Control of Continuous Casting for Whale and Crack Prevention and Resonance Control in Mold Oscillation System
Proceedings of 2011 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GE, Jan. 4-7, 2011, Grant # DMI-0900138, 22p
- Implementation of a Real- Time Model-Based Spray-Cooling Control System for Steel Continuous Casting
in Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, B.G. Thomas, J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), 2011, 77-84
- Implementation of Temperature and Strain Micro-Sensors into a Casting Mold Surface
in Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, B.G. Thomas, J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), 2011, 127-134
- K., B.G. Thomas, and R.J. O’Malley, “Equilibrium Model of Precipitation in Microalloyed Steels, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 42A, Feb., 2011, pp. 524-539 Click here for a PDF version (1.1 MB)
- Measurement of Molten Steel Surface Velocity with SVC and Nail Dipping during Continuous Casting Process
in Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, B.G. Thomas, J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), 2011, 51-58
- Measurement of Transient Meniscus Flow in Steel Continuous Casters and Effect of Electromagnetic Braking
in Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, B.G. Thomas, J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), 2011, 59-66
- Measuring Mechanical Behavior of Steel During Solidification: Modeling the SSCC Test
Metallurgical and Materials Trans. B, in press
- Model of Microalloy Precipitation during Continuous Casting and Reheating
AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, IN, May 2-5, 2011, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA
- Monitoring of Meniscus Thermal Phenomena with Thermocouples in Continuous Casting of Steel
in Sensors, Sampling, and Simulation for Process Control, B.G. Thomas, J.A. Yurko and L. Zhang, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, (TMS Annual Meeting Symposium, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27- Mar. 3, 2011), 2011, 119-126
- Multiphysics Model of Continuous Casting of Steel Beam-Blanks
in 4th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking, (STEELSIM2011), MetTec InSteelCon, (Dusseldorf, Germany, June 27- July 1, 2011)
- R., G.-G. Lee, B. G. Thomas, S.-M. Cho, S.-H. Kim, O.-D. Kwon, “ Effect of Stopper-Rod Misalignment on Fluid Flow in Continuous Casting of Steel, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2011, online Feb. 8th, 2011. Available Online
- Real-Time Model-Based Spray-Cooling Control System for Steel Continuous Casting
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 42B:2, 87- 103, 2011. Available Online
- Review of Mold Flux Entrainment Mechanisms and Model Investigation of Entrainment by Shear-Layer Instability
in 7th European Continuous-Casting Conference, 2011, MetTec InSteelCon, (Dusseldorf, Germany, June 27- July 1, 2011)
- Thermal Distortion of Funnel Molds
AISTech 2011, Indianapolis, IN, May 2-5, 2011, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA
- Transient Turbulent Flow in a Liquid-Metal Model of Continuous Casting, Including Comparison of Six Different Methods
Metallurgical and Materials Trans. B, in press
2010
- A Novel Steady- State Technique for Measuring the Heat Extracted by Secondary Cooling Sprays
AISTech 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, May 3-6, 2010, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, 81-92
- Application of Computational Model for Alumina Dissolution in Molten Slag
J. Science Technology, Vietnam, V. 78A, 2010, pp. 59-63
- Assessment of LES and RANS turbulence models with measurements in liquid metal GaInSn model of continuous casting process
CCC Report 201013, Aug. 12
- Calibration of Mold Heat Transfer Models with Breakout Shell Measurements
CCC Report 201015, Aug. 12
- Direct Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Field Effects on Turbulent Flow in a Square Duct
Physics of Fluids, 22:7, 075102, 2010. Available Online
- Effect of Stopper-Rod Misalignment on Asymmetric Flow and Vortex Formation in Steel Slab Casting
Jim Evans Honorary Symposium, B. Li, B.G. Thomas, F. Doyle, A. Campbell, eds., TMS Annual Meeting, (Seattle, WA, Feb. 14-18, 2010), TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2010, pp. 71-77
- Enhanced Latent Heat Method to Incorporate Superheat Effects Into Fixed-Grid Multiphysics Simulations
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 57:6, 396-413, 2010. Available Online
- Evaluation of turbulence models in MHD channel and square duct flows
CCC Report 201017, Aug. 12
- Feedback control of the two-phase Stefan problem, with an application to the continuous casting of steel
Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1731-1736, Atlanta, GA, USA, December 15-17
- Industry Implementation of Mathematical Models: Examples in Steel Processing; Howe Memorial Lecture, 2009
Iron and Steel Technology, 7:7, 70-87, July. 2010. (reprinted from: AISTech 2009 Steelmaking Conference Proceedings, St. Louis, MO, May 4-7, 2009)
- Investigation of Mold Flux Entrainment in CC Molds Due to Shear Layer Instability
presented at AISTech 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, May 3-6, 2010, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, CCC Report 201001, Aug. 12
- Jim Evans Honorary Symposium
(Proceedings of the TMS Symposium held in Seattle, WA, Feb. 14-18, 2010), The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, 421 pages
- Measuring Mechanical Behavior of Steel During Solidification: Modeling the SSCC Test
CCC Report 201002, Aug. 12
- Microalloy Precipitation in Hot Charged Slabs
AISTech 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, May 3-6, 2010, Assoc. Iron Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, 1035-1045, 2010. [2010 Jerry Silver Award, AIST]
- Modeling Steel Slab Heat Transfer During Scarfing Processing
CCC Report 201003, Aug. 12
- Mold Flux Entrainment Mechanisms
BAC 2010, Fourth Baosteel Biennial Conference Proceedings, Shanghai, PRC, Nov. 16, 2010, pp. B83-90
- Multiphysics Model of Metal Solidification on the Continuum Level
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 58: 6, 371-392, 2010. Available Online
- Particle-Size-Grouping Model of Precipitation Kinetics in Microalloyed Steels
CCC Report 201014, Aug. 12
- Prediction of centerline cracks incurred in the bloom continuous casting of steel
Baosteel Technical Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, June, 2010, p40-43
- User-Friendly Interface Design and Development for Continuous-Casting Model CON1D
CCC Report 201004, Aug. 12
2009
- 3-D Numerical Study of Impinging Water Jets in Run Out Table Cooling Processes
AISTech 2009 Steelmaking Conference Proc., (St. Louis, MO, May 4-7, 2009), Assoc. Iron Steel Tech., Warrendale, PA, Vol. 1
- Collaborative Research: Manipulating the Contact and Solidification of Molten Metal in Continuous Casting
Proceedings of 2009 NSF Civil, Mechanical, Manufacturing and Innovation (CMMI) Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3p., Jun. 22-25
- Coupled Visco-Plastic Thermo-Mechanical Models of Steel Solidification
Plasticity ’09 Conference, St. Thomas, Jan. 3-8