getting started with qc (core blowing)

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Getting startedwith

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Getting Started with QuikCAST™List of CAD Files

core.stl


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Getting started with

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1 Select New option from the File Menu


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Browse to definethe Study Location

2 Input Study Name

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4 Click OK


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5 Browse and select the sandcore STL file « core.STL »

6 Click Open to load the CADfile in the model Window


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Activate Welding Point Operation

Define CAD File Unit System( core.STL units is Meter)

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Input Tolerance value (mm)

Activate Automatic Fixing11 Click OK


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Import CAD Files (Core)

12 Click YES to continue

QuikCAST gives a description ofthe encountered problem whenanalysing the CAD files



Getting started with QuikCAST™Import the CAD (Core)

Sand Core geometry has beensuccessfully imported



Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation

Select Mesh Basic ShapesOption from the Model Menu




Select By extrusion option1

2 Input Extrusion Distance




3Switch to Wire&Shadeddisplay mode to display thefacets

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Entity selection mustbe set to Facet

5Select Facets locatedon the top of the tube

( SHIFT + leftbutton)

Extruded geometry isautomatically displayedfor each new selected

facet




Click CloseThe inlet volume has

been succefully created

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

In order to detect/assign volume materialsselect Domain Manager Option from the Model Menu


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Activate the CreateContact surface option

Click Start to Start the Automatic Volume detection

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2 Volume domains have

been detected that needto be renamed andassigned with materialproperties.

New Surface Domainshave been automaticallycreated because theCreate Contact surfaceoption has been activated


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Click Start to Start the Automatic Volumedetection

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Select Volume_001 (left click )

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Click View Volume todisplay the Volume_001


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Click Rename

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Input VolumeDomain Name

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Click Material

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6Select Core Blowing

Volume type

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ActivateStandard DB

Select Sand1GAS1Material from thematerial list


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Repeat the steps toassign names andmaterials to the othervolumes

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Click P to Activate

Priority order9

Change VolumePriority orderwith the arrows

( Filling order)

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Click Remove to delete surface domainscreated during the import and during theautomatic fixing sequence

11 Switch to Surface Domain panel

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Input Name for theventing surfacedomain

13Click New to create venting surfacedomains

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Switch Entity selector to Facet15 Select Venting Surface domain

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17 Select Facets ( SHIFT +leftbutton)

18Click Update when all the facets

have been selected


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Getting started with QuikCAST™3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation

Select 3D Grid/Mesh Generation option from theModel menu to generate the Grid


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Getting started with QuikCAST™3D Grid/FD Mesh Generation

Activate Advanced Method1

Select all the volumes2

Input Mininum Size to fixglobal grid cell size (unit ismeter)

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Click Apply to generate theGrid

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Click Run to generate the 3D Mesh

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Define Gravity Direction

Select Gravity Option from theProcess Menu


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Define Gravity Direction

Select PositiveZ direction and check Gravity Direction ( displayed in green) inthe model window

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2 Click OK


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Start the Model Set-up

Select Input Data Check from theProcess Menu and a window with allavailable boundary conditions will appearon the left

This window is used to manage allBoundary Conditions (BC) that will be

applied to the model


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Sand Flow

1 Select Initial Fluid BC (left click) to set up the initial fluid rate for the filling

2 Click on Add... (right click) to open the panel definition


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3 Activate 100% and Imposed

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5 Click OK

Select « Inlet » Volume inthe Volume list (left click)


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1 Select Pressure BC (left click ) to set up the Sand Core Blowing pressure



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3 Activate Imposed Option

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6Click OK

Input Pressure Value in Pascal

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Select « Inlet/Pressure1 »surface domain


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Air Flow

1 Select Venting BC (left click ) to set up the Air venting conditions



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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Air Flow

3 Input 20% ( filter fully opened)

5Click OK

Select « Ventings » surfacedomain from the surfacelist

The ventings are shown ingray

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Wall Flow laws

1 Select Roughness BC ( left click ) to set up the friction near the walls



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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Wall Flow laws

3 Input 0.05 for theroughness index

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Click OK Select the external shellcore in the graphicswindows

The selected region isshown in gray

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Solver Parameters

Select Control ParameterOption from the CalculationMenu


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Set-up the Solver Parameters

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Input 1 for the Acceleration Factor

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Deactivate the ThermalCalculation

3 Input 1 for the end of Fillingcriteria


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Getting started with QuikCAST™Run the Calculation

Select Calculation Start Option from the Calculation Menu

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1 Activate Standard Calculation Option

Enter Filling Stop Criteria ( Time and/orPercentage of Filling)

Calculation should end when cavity is 95%filled with sand

Click RUN to start the calculationThis will open automatically theMonitor Calculation Window

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3 Activate Core Blowing option

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> Calculation is running now

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)

Select Open option from the File Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing (Visual-CAST)

Select *.MCO file in the study directory1

2 Click Open

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow (Visual-CAST)

Select Volume to load1

Click OK 2

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Select Snapshot option from theResults menu

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Select Fluid in Categories and Fluid VelocityMagnitude in Results to display the velocity resultsduring filling

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5 If your calculation is still running, click Update to updatethe last calculated results

6 Select Arrows to display the differents states

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow Velocities with Vectors (Visual-CAST)

Select NONE in Categories and None in Results1

2 Click Update to update the last calculated results

3 Select Fluid Velocity to display the velocity vectors

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Getting started with QuikCAST™Post-Processing Sand Flow Particules (Visual-CAST)

This option needs some specific input in the pre-processor(not described in this manual)


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(Core Blowing)

Engineering Simulation forIndustry

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