Development of a 3-D thermal model of the low-pressure die-cast (LPDC) process of A356 aluminum alloy wheels

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 464, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Zhang, B ^a   Maijer, D M ^a   Cockcroft, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Dies; Heat transfer; Low pressure die casting (LPDC); Porosity; Solidification; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ABAQUS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIE CASTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SOLIDIFICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WHEELS;

LOW-PRESSURE DIE CASTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL MODEL;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ABAQUS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIE CASTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SOLIDIFICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WHEELS;

EID: 34248566900     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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