A new method of semi-continuous casting of AZ80 Mg alloy billets by a combination of electromagnetic and ultrasonic fields

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 4216-4224

  Shao, Zhiwen ^a   Le, Qichi ^a   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Cui, Jianzhong ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Non ferrous metals and alloys; C. Casting; E. Mechanical

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; AS-CAST; C. CASTING; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; E. MECHANICAL; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC CASTING; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MACROSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITIES; MG ALLOY; NONFERROUS METALS AND ALLOYS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POWER ULTRASONIC; SEMI-CONTINUOUS CASTING; TIME AVERAGES; ULTRASONIC FIELD; ULTRASONIC FIELD PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC VIBRATION; VOLUME FORCE DENSITY;

ALLOYS; BILLETS (METAL BARS); CONTINUOUS CASTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLURGY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79957834484     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.035     Document Type: Article

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