Abstract
A combined experimental and numerical study on the cooling channel process for the production of A356 aluminium alloy semi-solid slugs Is presented After evaluating the globular microstructure. microstructure Simulations employing the phase-field method were used to explore the potential of shortening the process time by increasing the cooling rate Based on these results the experimental setup was modified and material with globular microstructure was produced at significantly reduced processing time (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 624-630 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Processing Technology |
Volume | 210 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2010 |
Keywords
- Rheo-casting
- Grain growth
- Microsimulation
- MICRESS
- Semi-solid
- Cooling channel process