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Numerical study of the impact of inoculant and grain transport on macrosegregation and microstructure formation during solidification of an Al-22%Cu alloy

Tveito, KO and Bedel, M and Zaloznik, M and Combeau, H and Hamdi, MM and Kumar, A and Dutta, P (2012) Numerical study of the impact of inoculant and grain transport on macrosegregation and microstructure formation during solidification of an Al-22%Cu alloy. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2012.

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Abstract

We investigate the impact of the nucleation law for nucleation on Al-Ti-B inoculant particles, of the motion of inoculant particles and of the motion of grains on the predicted macrosegregation and microstructure in a grain-refined Al-22 wt.% Cu alloy casting. We conduct the study by numerical simulations of a casting experiment in a side-cooled 76×76×254 mm sand mould. Macrosegregation and microstructure formation are studied with a volume-averaged two-phase model accounting for macroscopic heat and solute transport, melt convection, and transport of inoculant particles and equiaxed grains. On the microscopic scale it accounts for nucleation on inoculant particles with a given size distribution (and corresponding activation undercooling distribution)and for the growth of globular solid grains. The growth kinetics is described by accounting for limited solute diffusion in both liquid and solid phases and for convective effects. We show that the consideration of a size distribution of the inoculants has a strong impact on the microstructure(final grain size) prediction. The transport of inoculants significantly increases the microstructure heterogeneities and the grain motion refines the microstructure and reduces the microstructure heterogeneities.

Item Type: Conference Paper
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd
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Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2014 09:07
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2014 09:07
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/48677

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