Improving Efficiency of CCS Numerical Simulations Through Use of Parallel Processing

Abstract

The study presents the findings of research concerning the possibilities for application of parallel processing in order to reduce the computing time of numerical simulations of the steel continuous casting process. The computing efficiency for a CCS model covering the mould and a strand fragment was analysed. The calculations were performed with the ProCAST software package using the finite element method. Two computing environments were used: the PL-Grid infrastructure and cloud computing platform.

Keywords

• continuous casting of steel
• efficiency of numerical calculations
• numerical modelling
• ProCAST