C-DC and MC-DC Casting of Al-alloys-A Comsol Approach
Present work endeavours to understand the solidification behaviour in conventional direct chill casting (C-DC) of aluminium alloy billets. The simulations were generated for C-DC and MC-DC (melt-conditioned) processes. For the first time, COMSOL Multiphysics has been successfully used to simulate th...
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Elsevier B.V.
2015
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| Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10479/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10479/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10479/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/10479/1/1-s2.0-S0167577X15305930-main.pdf |
| Summary: | Present work endeavours to understand the solidification behaviour in conventional direct chill casting (C-DC) of aluminium alloy billets. The simulations were generated for C-DC and MC-DC (melt-conditioned) processes. For the first time, COMSOL Multiphysics has been successfully used to simulate the heat flow in C-DC casting of Al-alloy billet. The results show that the temperature gradient in the sump is minimized in the case of MC-DC when compared with C-DC. The simulation results also revealed the effect of casting speed on the sump profile in both the cases. |
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