Numerical simulation of acoustic pressure field for ultrasonic grain refinement of AZ80 magnesium alloy

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2476-2483

  Shao, Zhi Wen ^a   Le, Qi Chi ^a   Zhang, Zhi Qiang ^a   Cui, Jian Zhong ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

acoustic pressure; grain refinement; magnesium alloy; numerical simulation; ultrasonic treatment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE FIELD; ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ALLOY MELT; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; AZ80 MAGNESIUM ALLOY; CAVITATION BUBBLE; GAIN INSIGHT; GRAIN SIZE; SOLIDIFICATION STRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC FIELD PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC INTENSITY; ULTRASONIC PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC TREATMENT; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS;

ALLOYS; CAVITATION; CERIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 83455163906     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(11)61039-X     Document Type: Article

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