Advances In Aluminum Casting Technology Ii

Drawn from the October 2002 conference in Columbus, Ohio, these 30 papers discuss structural evolution, microstructure-property relationships, process modeling and heat treatment, melt quality and solidification, and the performance of cast aluminum alloys. Improvements in quality and innovations in

Contains 38 papers and posters from the October 1998 conference. Focusing on the improvement of casting quality and reliability through a better understanding of processes and process variables, the contributions explore a variety of technologies. The material is organized into sections dealing wi

The use of lightweight materials in automotive application has greatly increased in the past two decades. A need to meet customer demands for vehicle safety, performance and fuel efficiency has accelerated the development, evaluation and employment of new lightweight materials and processes. The 50 SAE Technical papers contained in this publication document the processes, guidelines, and physical and mechanical properties that can be applied to the selection and design of lightweight components for automotive applications. The book starts off with an introduction section containing two 1920 papers that examine the use of aluminum in automobiles.

This encyclopedia, written by authoritative experts under the guidance of an international panel of key researchers from academia, national laboratories, and industry, is a comprehensive reference covering all major aspects of metallurgical science and engineering of aluminum and its alloys. Topics covered include extractive metallurgy, powder metallurgy (including processing), physical metallurgy, production engineering, corrosion engineering, thermal processing (processes such as metalworking and welding, heat treatment, rolling, casting, hot and cold forming), surface engineering and structure such as crystallography and metallography.

The latest in a series of proceedings from conferences sponsored by Engineering Conferences International (formerly the Engineering Foundation), this volume captures the current state of the art in the field of mathematical modeling of casting and welding processes. This edition deals with such traditional issues as microstructure formation, mushy zone rheology, segregation, microporosity, and thermo-mechanical simulation, as well as new themes reflecting industrial needs, including simulation of melting and solid separation in the melt (inclusion removal) and simulation of aggregate and porous materials (mold and core simulation). This book contains 90 papers as well as abstracts of invited talks. The proceedings focus primarily on the continuous development of tools for simulation of microstructure evolution, database and critical experiments, and shaped-casting simulation.

In a career spanning almost six decades, Prof. John T. Berry has made significant contributions towards building our understanding of solidification and process-structure-property relationships in shaped castings. Celebrating his contributions, the Fourth International Shape Casting Symposium, which takes place at the 2011 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, has been organized in his honor. Shape Casting 2011 contains the proceedings of the symposium in which scientists and engineers from around the world presented their own research findings, discussed challenges in the field, and projected future directions. Papers explore such topics as liquid metal quality; filling and feeding systems; process modeling for shaped castings; structure-property relationships; performance of shaped castings; and machinability of castings.

Major casting processing advancements have been made in experimental and simulation areas. Newly developed advanced casting technologies allow foundry researchers to explore detailed phenomena associated with new casting process parameters helping to produce defect-free castings with good quality. Moreover, increased computational power allows foundry technologists to simulate advanced casting processes to reduce casting defects. In view of rapid expansion of knowledge and capability in the exciting field of casting technology, it is possible to develop new casting techniques. This book is intended to discuss many casting processing technologies. It is devoted to advanced casting processing technologies like ductile casting production and thermal analysis, casting of metal matrix composites by vortex stir casting technique, aluminum DC casting, evaporative casting process, and so on. This book entitled Advanced Casting Technologies has been organized into seven chapters and categorized into four sections. Section 1 discusses the production of ductile iron casting and thermal analysis. Section 2 depicts aluminum casting. Section 3 describes the casting manufacturing aspects of functionally graded materials and evaporative casting process. Section 4 explains about the vortex stir casting technique to process metal matrix composite castings. All the chapters discussed in detail the processing steps, process parameters involved in the individual casting technique, and also its applications. The goal of the book is to provide details on the recent casting technologies.