Determination of wax pattern die profile for investment casting of turbine blades

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-387

  Dong, Yi Wei ^a   Bu, Kun ^a   Dou, Yang Qing ^a   Zhang, Ding Hua ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

displacement field; investment casting; numerical simulation; turbine blade; wax pattern die profile

Indexed keywords

A356 ALLOYS; CAD MODELS; DIE SHAPE; DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCE; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; EFFICIENT NUMERICAL METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHODOLOGY; FORM ERRORS; ITERATIVE-COMPENSATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TURBINE BLADE; WAX PATTERN; WAX PATTERN DIE PROFILE;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FITS AND TOLERANCES; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRECISION CASTING; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 79952749771     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(11)60725-5     Document Type: Article

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