Design and Simulation Optimization of Casting Process for Aluminum Alloy Engine Cylinder Head

Abstract:

The liquid metal filling and solidification process of aluminum engine cylinder head in different gating system during casting process was simulated by casting simulation software MAGMAsoft. The simulation results showed that the best pouring process contains the bottom note type casting and the placement of combustion chamber side, so that we could obtain a simple modeling process, and significantly shorten the trial production cycle, as well as the trial cost of the piston, and improve the quality of the cylinder head.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 494-495)
• Pages: 593-597
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.494-495.593
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Xiu Xiu Pan, Yi Yang*, Gang Yang, De Qiang Yin, Yu Zhou
• Keywords: Aluminum Alloy Engine Cylinder Head, Gating System, MAGMAsoft, Numerical Simulation

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