Compared with foreign countries, China’s foundry CAE technology started relatively late, but developed rapidly. In the late 1970s, the foundry CAE technology was first studied in Dalian University of technology and Shenyang Foundry Research Institute.
In 1978, Professor Guo Keren used the finite difference method (FDM) to simulate the casting solidification process of large steel castings, and improved the casting process scheme through the numerical simulation results. Zhang Yi and Wang Junqing of Shenyang Foundry Research Institute compiled a three-dimensional temperature field numerical simulation program for Casting Solidification Based on the finite difference method, and applied this program to simulate the casting solidification process of water turbine blades of Gezhouba hydropower station.
In the 1990s, foundry CAE developed rapidly in China. More than a dozen scientific research institutions such as Tsinghua University, Shenyang Foundry Research Institute and Harbin Institute of technology have conducted a lot of research on foundry CAE technology, which has laid the foundation for foundry CAE Technology in China, and successively developed various commercial simulation software.
After decades of unremitting efforts of previous scholars, significant progress has been made in the simulation of temperature field in casting solidification process, dynamic simulation of mold filling process, stress analysis and prediction of microstructure and properties. It has entered the engineering practical stage from the theoretical research in that year, and is moving from relying on experience to the scientific theoretical guidance stage. At present, different types of commercial software for numerical simulation of casting solidification have also been developed. The more famous ones are MAGMAsoft, ProCAST, FLOW-3D, FT star and Huazhu CAE developed in China. At present, these commercial software are widely used in the foundry field, which provides a solid foundation for the development of the foundry industry.