Preface
Preface to the Special Issue on “Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification, Casting and Refining”
2014 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 253
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2014 Volume 54 Issue 2 Pages 253
Fifteen years ago, “The 1st International Symposium on Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification and Casting (CSSC1999)” took place at Osaka University in Osaka, Japan. However, thereafter the conference was discontinued. During the first decade of this century, the phase field method, the cellular automaton method, and the in-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging remarkably evolved as general tools for the investigation of solidification, casting and resulting micro-structure formation.1,2) Based on this progress, the conference was resumed and the 2nd symposium (CSSC2010) was held on February 3 to 5, 2010 at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan,3) in cooperation with the solidification and structure formation forum of ISIJ. The success of the second symposium initiated the development of a scientific tradition of this symposium, namely to regularly hold it every 3 years and to alternate between the East and the West part of the globe.
This time, the 3rd International Symposium on Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification, Casting and Refining (CSSCR2013), was held on May 20 to 23, 2013 at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland and at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. The specific purpose was to enhance the activities in the field concerning simulation of solidification, refining and microstructure and experimental techniques for simulation validations. Furthermore, it was also to promote active discussions between experimentalists and modelers within these disciplines. In cooperation with the symposium organization, it was decided to make a special issue to gather the symposium proceedings. More specifically, it was decided that the special issue should focus on the recent development within following methodological fields, which are related to solidification, and consequent micro-structure formation:
1) Process modeling for ingot casting andp continuous casting,
2) Macrosegregation and center-line segregation modeling,
3) Microsegregation and consequent precipitation modeling,
4) Cellular automaton modeling, including Front-tracking methods,
5) Phase-field modeling,
6) Experimental techniques for simulation validations (in-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging, in-situ observations using confocal scanning laser microscope (CSLM), etc.).
Papers that have been accepted, is mostly published in this special issue (vol. 54, No. 2), and the rest will be published specially in other normal issues (vol. 54, No. 3, etc.).
It is important to realize that the steel production has increased in the 20th century and that the demand for steel will continue in the 21st century as long as steel is used as a major engineering material. In addition, it is of utmost importance to realize that a continued steel research of the highest quality is necessary to sustain steel as an important material in the future. Therefore, we hope that this special issue is useful for many researchers engaged in steel production to update their knowledge in the research fields.
Finally, on the behalf of the editors of this special issue, I am grateful to all the authors for their contributions. I am also indebted to CSSCR2013 co-chairs (Prof. Seppo Louhenkilpi, Aalto University, Finland and Prof. Pär Jönsson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden), Local and International Organizing Committee members.
