The demand for higher quality steel and higher production rates in the production of steel slabs is ever increasing. These slabs are produced using continuous casting process. The molten steel flow patterns inside the components of the caster play an important role in the quality of these products. A simple yet effective design method that yields optimum designs is required to design the systems influencing the flow patterns in the caster. The Tundish is one of these systems. Traditionally experimental methods were used in the design of these Tundish using plant trials or water modelling. Recently, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has established itself as a viable alternative to reduce the number of experimentation required, resulting in a reduction in the time scales and cost of the design process. Further more, CFD provides more insight into the flow process that is not available through experimentation only. The CFD process is usually based on a trial and error basis and relies heavily on the insight and experience of the designer to improve designs. This project work applies Numerical Simulation to study the Steel Flow through Tundish by varying the parameters like wall inclination, wall curvature, etc and their effect on wall shear stress, turbulent kinetic energy at inlet and at wall, mass flow rate etc for an optimized Tundish Design.
