Simulation of Hot Plate Rolling using LS-DYNA©

Creating a virtual model of a hot plate rolling process involves many challenges. In an attempt to address these, a research project called FINBEAM (“Full Scale Integrated Workability Modelling”) was initiated by Jernkontoret and the Swedish steel industry, financed by the Swedish innovation agency, VINNOVA. The purpose was to bring research institutes, industry and software developers together to reach a common modeling ground for simulation based design of hot working processes for the steel industry in Sweden.