Simulation study of dynamic heating process of molybdenum for sheet suited for rigid transport components design

This paper deals with the development of the simulation model of the moving molybdenum sheet, while the molybdenum sheet is heated by direct resistive heating. COMSOL/MATLAB environments are used to create mentioned model. Static model created in COMSOL is compared with measurement and based on this comparison the dynamic model (COMSOL/MATLAB) is adjusted. The dynamic model is created as in-loop simulation for different initial conditions of heating elements position and temperature distribution within molybdenum sheet. The result of dynamic model is temperature distribution within molybdenum sheet for given heating elements shift and speed. For that reason, the proposed model can be used for optimization of direct resistive heating system of molybdenum sheet. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.