Application of contact element method in the numerical simulation of thermal stress

The interaction relationship between casting and mold (core) decides the stress level of casting and mold (core). In this article, the stress field during the casting process of stress frame casting was simulated by contact element method provided of the professional casting simulation software, ProCAST, compared its results with the simulation results of sand mold with full rigidity. Meanwhile, the influence of shake-out temperature on residual stress was also in study. It showed that the stress result of full rigidity mechanical model is bigger than that of the contact element method. The casting residual stress first increases and then decreases along with the elevation of the shake-out temperature, and the residual stress reaches the maximum when the shake-out temperature is 600 degrees C. The lower is the shake-out temperature, the smaller is the casting deformation.