THE INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL FORCES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HARDENING AND THE CHARACTER OF CONVECTIVE FLOWS DURING THE CURING OF INGOTS
The paper describes the influence of external influences on the features and nature of convective flows during the solidification of ingots. It is shown that topping up the profitable part of the ingot with hot portions of the melt changes the nature of the convective motion of the melt in the body of the model ingot. Laminar movement is observed before refilling, after turbulent. The change in the nature of the movement of the liquid in the body of the ingot contributes to an increase in the speed of the front of the solid phase, as evidenced by the results of calculating the rate of solidification throughout the solidification process of the model ingot. The analysis of the structural zones showed an increase in the zone of columnar crystals from 58.6% to 72.3% and the zone of the deposition cone, from 6.5% to 9.1% in refilled ingots compared to the classic ingot. There is also a decrease in the zone of differently oriented crystals from 26.8 to 13.7% and the crustal zone from 5.9% to 2.8%. The length of the axial zone increased from 36 to 54%, with a decrease in its diameter from 6.5 to 5.1%.