EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES - EUROMAT 2021

Increasing interest in ICME for various steps of materials development has led to the development of various tools targeting different aspects of the Process-Structure-Property-Performance chain. When modelling Process-Structure relations of steel, the process-related details of steelmaking which influence the presence of impurities and cleanliness of the alloy are often neglected. Traditionally FEM and CFD based approaches have been utilized to understand the heat and mass transfer during steelmaking, but direct links to the underlying thermodynamics and reaction kinetics have been lacking. Recent advances in modelling capabilities, including CALPHAD-based thermodynamic and kinetic calculations within Thermo-Calc’s process metallurgy module allow for a streamlined integration of predictive calculations of typical steelmaking related challenges. Here, we provide an overview of the newly developed process metallurgy module and showcase how it can be utilized in an ICME framework to accelerate and reduce the up-front risks of development and up-scaling of new steels and steelmaking recipes.