Computational Tool for the Analysis of the Manufacturing Process of Seamless Tubes

摘要

A computer simulation of the transient three-dimensional heat transfer process occurring during manufacturing of seamless tubes carried out by TAMSA, Tubos de Acero de Mexico, is reported. The work was performed by a team which combines canadian and mexican researchers and comprises both experimental and computational aspects. The mexican team concentrated its efforts in experimentally investigating the metallurgical pattern of the mandrel, while the canadian team devoted its work to computer simulation and analysis of heat transfer and flow processes. In this paper, only the latter part is presented. The numerical simulation uses the Star-CD commercial CFD software package which is based on the finite volume methodology. The results show the importance of the cooling water channel configuration in relation to the mandrel temperature distribution and subsequent metalurgical structure.