The aim of this work is to determine temperature and shape dependent HTC-value for any casting and mould pair. The inverse method is used here to determine parameters of heat-transfer model using the data of foundry practice. The approach, based on effective methods of parameter identification, allows predicting the interfacial heat transfer coefficients needed as input data for numerical simulation of casting processes. Experimental work with H-shaped castings to determine inner and outer HTC-values consists of thermal measurements during casting solidification. Furthermore, the measured values are compared to the results of a commercial simulation program using these calculated HTC-values. An accurate heat transfer coefficient leads to better modeling of the casting process, and hence the prediction of any macroshrinkage defects, accurate modeling of the extent of the solidification during mould filling, and modeling of the post-filling temperature field in the mould, from which modeling of the solidification stage begins.
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