The Effect of the Die Temperature on the Solidification Behaviour of the Al/SiCp Metal Matrix Composite: A Comparative Study of Experimental and Finite Element Analysis

Gurusamy P; S. Balasivanandha Prabu; R. Paskaramoorthy

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.893.314

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The Effect of the Die Temperature on the Solidification Behaviour of the Al/SiC_p Metal Matrix Composite: A Comparative Study of Experimental and Finite Element Analysis

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This paper discusses the influence of die temperature on the solidification behaviour of A356/SiC_p composites fabricated by squeeze casting method. Information on the solidification studies of squeeze cast composites is somewhat scarce. Experiments were carried out by varying the die temperatures for cylindrical shaped composite castings K-type thermocouples were interfaced to the die and the temperature-time history was recorded to construct the cooling curves. The cooling curves are also predicted from the finite element analysis (FEA) software ANSYS 13. The experimental and predicted cooling curves are not in good agreement. In addition to, the experimental and theoretical solidification times are studied. It was understood that the increase in the die temperature decreases the cooling rate.

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Gurusamy P, S. Balasivanandha Prabu*, R. Paskaramoorthy

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Cooling Curves, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Metal Matrix Composite (MMC), Solidification

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