The school will focus on numerical modelling and simulation of electromagnetic technologies for industrial liquid metal processing. It is relevant for students and industry engineers specializing in liquid metal technologies looking to learn practical approaches for computer modelling in the relevant area.
Day 1 (Thursday - 14.09.2023.)
Lectures
9:00 – 9:15 Opening of the PhD school, welcome introduction
9:15 – 10:45 Jānis Priede, ‘An Introduction to Magnetohydrodynamics’
11:00 – 12:30 Mihails Ščepanskis, ‘Science turned into software business’
13:30 – 14:45 The Round of Self-Introductions (4-5 min per participant)
15:00 – 17:00 Practical/demonstration (Institute of Physics, Institute of Numerical Modeling)
Day 2 (Friday - 15.09.2023.)
Lectures
9:30 – 11:00 Andrew Kao, ‘Simulation of solidification with external magnetic fields’
11:15 – 12:45 Egbert Baake, ‘Selected Research Projects in Materials Processing’
13:45 – 15:15 Sergejs Spitans, ‘Practical examples of simulation-aided design of metallurgical equipment’
15:30 – 17:00 Vadims Geža, ‘Introduction into numerical modeling of liquid metal stirrers and pumps’