Estudos numéricos na solução de problemas de mudança de fase

Abstract

Phase change problems as liquid-solid and/or solid-liquid are widely found in several industrial applications such as in molding of different parts, the application of thermal spray treatment and the casting of energy materials such as trinitrotoluene (TNT). For the latter case, material contractions, cracks and empities formation are often observed and these behaviors should be anticipated and avoided. Thus, the numerical simulation of such processes with algorithms capable to follow free surface evolution and body temperature distribution during casting process is important. In this work we study strategies in modeling and solving problems of this nature through the mass transport equations, heat transfer and phase change using the finite volume method. In the methodology used, the melting and solidification process are treated by means of the enthalpy-porosity approximation method based on fixed grids.