Assessment of Mold Filling Rate Influence on Amount of Oxide Films in Castings by Numerical Simulation

Abstract:

The influence of the mold filling rate on the content of oxide films in aluminum alloy castings is considered. The existing methods for estimating the probability of formation and entrainment of oxide films in the bulk of the liquid, which are associated with surface disturbances during the melt flow through the channels of the mold, are analyzed. A criterion for estimating oxide impurities in the melt using numerical process modeling is proposed. A comparative analysis of the results of numerical simulation with the data of practical experiments obtained by M. V. Sharov and N. M. Galdin was performed. This comparative analysis and experience in the development of technological processes for shaped castings showed the possibility of using the criterion in numerical modeling.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 989)
• Pages: 595-599
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.989.595
• Online since: May 2020
• Authors: O.A. Zarubina*, A.Yu. Korotchenko, A.M. Zarubin
• Keywords: Aluminum Alloy, Free Surface, Gravity Filling, Oxide Films, Surface Perturbation

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