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Measurements, simulations, and analyses of instantaneous heat fluxes from solidifying steels to the surfaces of twin roll casters and of aluminum to plasma-coated metal substrates
A model of the interfacial heat-transfer coefficient for the aluminum gravity die-casting process
A model of the interfacial heat-transfer coefficient for the aluminum gravity die-casting process
Thermomechanics of the cooling stage in casting processes: Three-dimensional finite element analysis and experimental validation
International audienceA thermomechanical three-dimensional (3-D) finite element analysis of solidification is presented. The heat transfer model is based on a multidomain analysis accounting for noncoincident meshes for the cast part and the different mold components. In each subdomain, a preconditioned conjugate gradient solver is used. The mechanical analysis assumes the mold is rigid. A thermoelastic-viscoplastic rheological model is used to compute the constrained shrinkage of the part, resulting in an effective local air gap width computation. At each time increment, a weak coupling of the heat transfer and mechanical analyses is performed. Comparisons of experimental measurements and model predictions are given in the case of a hollow cylindrical aluminum alloy part, showing a good quantitative agreement. An application to an industrial aluminum casting is presented, illustrating the practical interest of thermomechanical computations in solidification analysis