The Thermal Analysis of Fuel Fired Crucible Furnace Using Autodesk Inventor Simulation Software
A. A. Abioye
Department of Engineering, Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesa, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Nigeria and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
P. O. Atanda
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
O. F. Kolawole
Department of Engineering, Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesa, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Nigeria
O. E. Olorunniwo
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
A. R. Adetunji
Department of Engineering, Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesa, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Nigeria and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
O. P. Abioye
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
K. J. Akinluwade *
Department of Engineering, Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesa, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Nigeria and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The reasons for failure of locally made furnace in the foundries were as a result of cycles of operating temperatures that they were subjected to, which caused thermal stress and strain on the furnaces. This paper studied the simulation of thermal analysis of Fuel fired Crucible Furnace to predict the effect of thermal stress and strain on it.
Keywords: Thermal stress, thermal strain, simulation, thermal analysis, crucible furnace