Short shots and industrial case studies: Understanding fluid flow and solidification in high pressure die casting

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2018-2033

  Cleary, Paul W ^a   Ha, Joseph ^a   Prakash, Mahesh ^a   Nguyen, Thang ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casting defects; Fluid flow; High pressure die casting; Short shot; Solidification; SPH

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ALUMINIUM CASTINGS; CASTING DEFECT; DIE CAVITY; DIE TEMPERATURES; ELECTRONIC HOUSING; FIXED GRIDS; FLOW PREDICTION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID SPEED; FREE SURFACES; GEOMETRIC COMPLEXITY; HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTING; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; SIMULATION METHODS; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS;

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIE CASTING; DIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; FORECASTING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SOLIDIFICATION; SURFACES; ZINC; ZINC CASTINGS;

CASTING;

EID: 77950022652     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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