Shape Casting 5th International Symposium 2014

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Draft Melting Procedure for Al Alloys....Pages 3-9
Effect of Casting Condition in Semi-Solid Aluminum Alloy Injection Process on Distribution of Defects and Density....Pages 11-18
Reliability-Based Casting Process Design Optimization....Pages 19-26
Influence of Process Parameters on Blistering during T6 Heat Treatment of Semi-Solid Castings....Pages 27-33
Integrated Casting-Heat Treatment Process Route for Near Net Shape ADI Casting Production....Pages 35-41
Swage Casting of A356 (AlSi7Mg0.3) Alloy....Pages 43-49
Additive Manufacturing Supports the Production of Complex Castings....Pages 51-57
Evolution of Filling System Design for an A356-T6 Aluminum Housing Casting....Pages 59-65
Recent Advances on the Solidification Processing of Cast Energetic Materials....Pages 67-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Thermodynamics-Based Computational Approach to Al-Cu Alloys: Grain Refinement....Pages 77-87
Control Diffusion Solidification (CDS): An Overview of Mechanism and Application....Pages 89-97
Correlation between Melt Quality and Fluidity of A356....Pages 99-104
Fluidity Characteristics of A356 Alloy with Various Thickness Sectioned New Test Mould....Pages 105-112
Effect of Feeder Configuration on the Microstructure of Ductile Cast Iron....Pages 113-120
Analysis of Heterogeneous Nucleation in Ductile Iron....Pages 121-128
The External and Internal Shrinkages in Aluminum Gravity Castings....Pages 129-136
Effect of Si and Cu Content on the Size of Intermetallic Phase Particles in Al-Si-Cu-Mg-Fe Alloys....Pages 137-143
Efficient Use of Titanium and Boron in Grain Refining of a Die-cast Strontium-modified A356....Pages 145-152
Studying on the Effects of Quenching Rate on Residual Stress in Al-5Mg and Al-Mg-Cu Alloys....Pages 153-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Metallurgy without Bifilms: No More Fractures....Pages 163-170
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Correlation between Bifilm Index and Toughness of Aluminum Alloys....Pages 171-176
Impact of Section Thickness on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Semi-Solid Castings....Pages 177-184
The Relationship between Elongation and Fatigue Life in A206 Aluminum Castings....Pages 185-191
Magnesium Casting Processes: The HIMAC Project Re-Assessed....Pages 193-200
Manufacturing Cost Modeling of Castings Produced with CRIMSON Process....Pages 201-208
On Weibull Mixtures in Mechanical Properties of Castings....Pages 209-216
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Automotive Components Die Cast with Secondary Aluminum Alloys by SEED Semi-Solid Process....Pages 217-224
The Effect of Grain Structure on Casting Durability Assessment in Al-Si Alloys....Pages 225-232
Near-Net-Shape Processing of 2024 Aluminium Alloy by SIMA Method....Pages 233-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Reduced Pressure Test (RPT) for Bifilm Assessment....Pages 243-251
Prediction of Misruns in Thin Wall Castings Using Computational Simulation....Pages 253-260
Shaping of Metals with Magnetic Fields....Pages 261-268
The Formation of Hydrogen Related Porosity by Double Oxide Film Defects in Al Alloys....Pages 269-276
The Influence of Fe, Mn and Cr Additions on the Formation of Iron-Rich Intermetallic Phases in an Al-Si Die-Casting Alloy....Pages 277-284
Thermal Analysis of Solidifying Secondary Phases in the Eutectic Al-Si Alloy and the Effect of Sr and Fe....Pages 285-292
Thin-wall Model for Use in Multiple Casting Conditions....Pages 293-300
Electrochemical Behavior of Al-1wt.%Cu and Al-4.5wt.%Cu Alloys....Pages 301-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-312