Towards improved mechanical properties of aluminum alloy cast parts
Abstract
The improvement of the cast part quality, meaning the geometric precission and the mechanical properties, is an important goal for researchers. There is a twofold aim: (i) the reduction of the costs related to the cast part mechanical machining and (ii) a high level of the cast part strength during functioning, by obtaining a proper crystalline structure during melt material solidification/cooling. This domain mainly refers to the relation between the melt material solidification/cooling process and the cast part crystalline microstructure. This approach has two aspects: (i) the modelling of the melt material solidification/cooling process in order to programme the optimal thermal field dynamics and the control of the thermal field evolution depending on its programmed dynamics.
