Thermomechanical modelling for industrial applications

TL;DR

This paper introduces a thermomechanical model tailored for industrial applications, addressing non-linearity and heterogeneity, with a numerical example on blast furnace walls to evaluate its feasibility.

Contribution

It presents a new thermomechanical modeling framework that incorporates temperature-dependent properties and material heterogeneity for industrial use.

Findings

Model effectively captures non-linear thermomechanical behavior.

Numerical example demonstrates feasibility for blast furnace applications.

Framework provides a basis for further industrial thermomechanical simulations.

Abstract

In this work we briefly present a thermomechanical model that could serve as starting point for industrial applications. We address the non-linearity due to temperature dependence of material properties and heterogeneity due to presence of different materials. Finally a numerical example related to the simplified geometry of blast furnace hearth walls is shown with the aim of assessing the feasibility of the modelling framework. Keywords: nonlinear thermomechanical model, finite element method, heterogeneous material, blast furnace.