Centrifugal casting of complex geometries: Computational modelling and validation experiments

D. McBride; T. N. Croft; D. Shevchenko; N. Humphreys; Paul Withey; N. Green; M. Cross

Centrifugal casting of complex geometries: Computational modelling and validation experiments

D. McBride^*, T. N. Croft, D. Shevchenko, N. Humphreys, Paul Withey, N. Green, M. Cross

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Metallurgy and Materials

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Abstract

Centrifugal casting offers one route through to high quality products in difficult to cast high temperature low superheat alloys. The coupling of free surface flows and complex rotating geometries, results in significant centrifugal forces; combined with rapid heat transfer and solidification this yields a significant computational modelling challenge. The objective of the work reported here is to develop a comprehensive computational model of centrifugal casting that can reliably predict the macro-defects that arise from the process. In this contribution we describe: The development of the computational model yielding simulations which involve of the order of a million elements with thousands of time steps on large parallel clusters Experimental data to validate the model, and The configuration of a full scale computational model capturing all the important macro- phenomena.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Jim Evans honorary symposium
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Light Metals Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) : held during TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 14-18, 2010
Editors	Ben Q. Li
Publisher	The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
Pages	139-146
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780873397506
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Jim Evans Honorary Symposium - TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Seattle, WA, United States Duration: 14 Feb 2010 → 18 Feb 2010

Conference

Conference	Jim Evans Honorary Symposium - TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle, WA
Period	14/02/10 → 18/02/10

Keywords

Centrifugal casting
Computational modelling
Free-surface flows

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Metals and Alloys

Casting of Titanium Aluminide Low Pressure Turbine Blades
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Rolls Royce
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McBride, D., Croft, T. N., Shevchenko, D., Humphreys, N., Withey, P., Green, N., & Cross, M. (2010). Centrifugal casting of complex geometries: Computational modelling and validation experiments. In B. Q. Li (Ed.), Jim Evans honorary symposium: proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Light Metals Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) : held during TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 14-18, 2010 (pp. 139-146). The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.

McBride, D. ; Croft, T. N. ; Shevchenko, D. et al. / Centrifugal casting of complex geometries : Computational modelling and validation experiments. Jim Evans honorary symposium: proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Light Metals Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) : held during TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 14-18, 2010. editor / Ben Q. Li. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 2010. pp. 139-146

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McBride, D, Croft, TN, Shevchenko, D, Humphreys, N, Withey, P , Green, N & Cross, M 2010, Centrifugal casting of complex geometries: Computational modelling and validation experiments. in BQ Li (ed.), Jim Evans honorary symposium: proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Light Metals Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) : held during TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 14-18, 2010. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, pp. 139-146, Jim Evans Honorary Symposium - TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, WA, United States, 14/02/10.

Centrifugal casting of complex geometries: Computational modelling and validation experiments. / McBride, D.; Croft, T. N.; Shevchenko, D. et al.
Jim Evans honorary symposium: proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Light Metals Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) : held during TMS 2010 Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, USA, February 14-18, 2010. ed. / Ben Q. Li. The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 2010. p. 139-146.

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