The computational power required for direct volume rendering like ray-casting or volume ray-tracing can be provided by high­ speed rendering architectures. However the increasing proces­ sor speed makes a performance bottleneck obvious the vol­ ume memory. This paper describes a volume memory architec­ ture that achieves at least a tenfold speed-up in read-out rate with moderate additional hard...

As computer power increases, computational models are able to contribute more to the understanding and design of complex processes such as the continuous casting of steel. Fluid flow models can now include phenomena such as transient behavior during steady casting, including particle transport, capture and removal. Heat flow models can include interfacial slag layer heat, mass and momentum bala...

We propose a mixed-resolution volume ray-casting approach that enables more flexibility in the choice of downsampling positions and filter kernels, allows freely mixing volume bricks of different resolutions during rendering, and does not require modifying the original sample values. A C-continuous function is obtained everywhere with hardware-native filtering at full speed by simply warping te...

A finite-element model, CON2D, has been developed to simulate temperature, shape, stress, and hot-tear crack development during the continuous casting of steel, both in and below the mold. The stress model features an elastic-viscoplastic creep constitutive equation that accounts for the different responses of the liquid, semi-solid, delta-ferrite, and austenite phases. Temperature and composit...

Nozzle clogging is a serious productivity and quality problem in continuous casting. This work reviews the causes, effects, and solutions to clogging in continuous casting nozzles. The results of a one-dimensional, steady state analysis of the heat loss from the molten steel stream through the nozzle wall are discussed. The analyses show that steel may freeze within the clog matrix for a relati...