Continuous Casting and Solidification of Steels
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: continuous casting; heat transfer; solidification; physical metallurgy
Interests: mold; flow; mold flux; solidification; slab qulity; modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continuous casting remains a cornerstone of modern steel production, enabling efficient large-scale manufacturing of high-quality steel products. Despite decades of advancement, challenges persist in optimizing interfacial heat transfer, mold flux performance, and defect control across conventional continuous casting, thin-slab casting, and twin-roll strip casting processes. Emerging demands for energy efficiency, near-net-shape casting, and superior product quality necessitate deeper insights into solidification dynamics; interfacial interactions; and the relationships between parameters, heat transfer, stress fields, solidification, and quality.
This Special Issue invites original research and reviews addressing innovations in steel solidification and casting technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Interfacial heat transfer mechanisms in molds and rolls;
- Mold flux design/optimization for lubrication, thermal control, and impurity absorption;
- Defect control (e.g., cracks, segregation, inclusions) through process parameter optimization;
- Multiscale solidification behavior (macrosegregation, microstructure evolution);
- Advanced modeling and in situ monitoring techniques for process control.
Submissions bridging fundamental research and industrial applications are particularly encouraged. Interdisciplinary studies integrating metallurgy, thermodynamics, and data-driven approaches will be prioritized.
Join us in advancing the frontiers of steel casting technology to meet the evolving demands of next-generation manufacturing.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Peisheng Lyu
Dr. Haihui Zhang
Prof. Dr. Lei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- conventional continuous casting
- twin-roll strip casting
- steel quality control
- solidification behavior
- interfacial heat transfer
- mold flux optimization
- thin-slab casting
- multiscale modeling
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