Stresses and cracking during direct chill casting of AZ31 alloy billet

Magnesium Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 129-133

  Grandfield, J F ^a   Nguyen, V ^b   Bainbridge, I F ^c  

^a CASTcrc Grandfield Technology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AZ31; Direct chill casting; Hot tearing; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DC CASTING; AZ31; AZ31 ALLOY; BILLET CASTING; CRACK FORMATION; DIRECT CHILL CASTING; FEM MODELS; FULLY-COUPLED; HOT TEARING; LIQUID PRESSURE; VERTICAL DIRECT CHILLS;

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; BILLETS (METAL BARS); CRACKS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS;

MAGNESIUM CASTINGS;

EID: 70349493060     PISSN: 15454150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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