Study of the bulging of continuously cast slabs

Commission of the European Communities technical steel research Steelmaking STUDY OF THE BULGING OF CONTINUOUSLY CAST SLABS Report EUR 8963/111 EN Blow-up from microfiche original Commission of the European Communities technical steel research Steelmaking STUDY OF THE BULGING OF CONTINUOUSLY CAST SLABS J.Y. LAMANT<1>, M. LARRECOJ1', Z. SMARZYNSKM1», J.L HENSGEN<1>, C. ROSSARD·2», J.D. WEBER <3>, J.C. DHUYVETTER <4> (D IRS1D - Station d'Essais, F-57210 Maizières-les-Metz • (2) IRSID - F-78105 St-Germain-en-Laye (3) Université de Metz, Laboratoire de Mécanique, F-57000 Metz (4) USINOR - F-59 Dunkerque IRSID 185, rue du Président Roosevelt F-78105 SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE Contract No 7210-CA/306 (1.5.1979-30.4.1982) FINAL REPORT Directorate-General Science, Research and Development 1985 EUR 8963/III EN Published by the COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Directorate-General Information Market and Innovation L-2920 LUXEMBOURG LEGAL NOTICE Neither the Commission of the European Communities nor any person acting on behalf of then is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information >ECSC-EEC-Euratom, Brussels· Luxembourg 1 -ABSTRACT This paper presents a theoretical and experimental study of slab bulging in a continuous caster. Two m ι fhawititoii1 models of the visco-plastic behaviour of the solidified shell under the action of ferrostatic pressure have been developed, in the static and cinematic case.