Getting Started With Qc (core Blowing)

Getting started with QuikCAST™ (Core Blowing)

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Getting Started with QuikCAST™ List of CAD Files

core.stl

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)

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Select New option from the File Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)

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Input Study Name Browse to define the Study Location

Click OK

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)

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Browse and select the sand core STL file « core.STL »

Click Open to load the CAD file in the model Window

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)

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Click OK

Define CAD File Unit System

( core.STL units is Meter)

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Activate Welding Point Operation

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Input Tolerance value (mm)

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Activate Automatic Fixing

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import CAD Files (Core)

QuikCAST gives a description of the encountered problem when analysing the CAD files

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Click YES to continue

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Import the CAD (Core)

Sand Core geometry has been successfully imported

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation

Select Mesh Basic Shapes Option from the Model Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation

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Select By extrusion option

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Input Extrusion Distance

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation

4 Entity selection must be set to Facet

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Switch to Wire&Shaded display mode to display the facets

5 Select Facets located on the top of the tube ( SHIFT + left button)

Extruded geometry is automatically displayed for each new selected facet

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic CAD Inlet Creation

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Click Close The 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 materials select Domain Manager Option from the Model Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

1 Activate the Create Contact surface option

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Click Start to Start the Automatic Volume detection

Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

2 Volume domains have been detected that need to be renamed and assigned with material properties. New Surface Domains have been automatically created because the Create Contact surface option has been activated

Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

2 Click View Volume to display the Volume_001

1 Select Volume_001 (left click)

2 Click Start to Start the Automatic Volume detection

Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

4 Input Volume Domain Name

3 Click Rename

Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

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Select Core Blowing Volume type Activate Standard DB

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Select Sand1GAS1 Material from the material list

5 Click Material

Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

Repeat the steps to assign names and materials to the other volumes

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Automatic Volume detection/Material Assignment

9 10 Change Volume Priority order with the arrows ( Filling order)

Click P to Activate Priority order

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12 Click Remove to delete surface domains created during the import and during the automatic fixing sequence

Switch to Surface Domain panel

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14 Input Name for the venting surface domain

Click New to create venting surface domains

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Switch Entity selector to Facet

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Select Venting Surface domain

Select Facets ( SHIFT +left button)

18 Click Update when all the facets have been selected

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

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

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

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Activate Advanced Method

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Select all the volumes

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Input Mininum Size to fix global grid cell size (unit is meter)

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Click Apply to generate the Grid

5 Click Run to generate the 3D Mesh

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Define Gravity Direction

Select Gravity Option from the Process Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Define Gravity Direction

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

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Click OK

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Start the Model Set-up

Select Input Data Check from the Process Menu and a window with all available boundary conditions will appear on the left This window is used to manage all Boundary Conditions (BC) that will be applied to the model

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Sand Flow

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

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

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Sand Flow

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Activate 100% and Imposed

Click OK

4 Select « Inlet » Volume in the Volume list (left click)

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Sand Flow

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

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

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Sand Flow

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Activate Imposed Option

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

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

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

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Air Flow

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Click OK

Input 20% ( filter fully opened)

5 Select « Ventings » surface domain from the surface list The ventings are shown in gray

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

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

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

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

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Input 0.05 for the roughness index

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Click OK

Select the external shell core in the graphics windows The selected region is shown in gray

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Solver Parameters

Select Control Parameter Option from the Calculation Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Set-up the Solver Parameters

1 Input 1 for the Acceleration Factor

2 Deactivate the Thermal Calculation

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Input 1 for the end of Filling criteria

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation

Select Calculation Start Option from the Calculation Menu

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation

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Activate Standard Calculation Option

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Enter Filling Stop Criteria ( Time and/or Percentage of Filling) Calculation should end when cavity is 95% filled with sand

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Activate Core Blowing option

4 Click RUN to start the calculation This will open automatically the Monitor Calculation Window

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Getting started with QuikCAST™ Run the Calculation

> 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)

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Select *.MCO file in the study directory

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Click Open

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

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Select Volume to load

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Click OK

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

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Select Snapshot option from the Results menu

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

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Select Fluid in Categories and Fluid Velocity Magnitude in Results to display the velocity results during filling

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If your calculation is still running, click Update to update the last calculated results

Select Arrows to display the differents states

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Getting started with QuikCAST™

Post-Processing Sand Flow Velocities with Vectors (Visual-CAST)

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Select NONE in Categories and None in Results

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Click Update to update the last calculated results

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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Getting started with QuikCAST™ (Core Blowing)

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