Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope

A319 aluminum alloys are commonly used in automotive industry due to a combination of good fluidity and mechanical strength. In this present work, cooling slope (CS) rheocasting process was employed to produce A319 billets with near spherical morphology of primary Al phase. The dendritic primary...

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Main Authors: Salleh, Mohd Shukor, Omar, Mohd Zaidi, Syarif, Junaidi, Mohammed, Mohammed Naser, Alhawari, Khalid Salim
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description A319 aluminum alloys are commonly used in automotive industry due to a combination of good fluidity and mechanical strength. In this present work, cooling slope (CS) rheocasting process was employed to produce A319 billets with near spherical morphology of primary Al phase. The dendritic primary phase in the cast A319 alloy had readily transformed into nondendritic when the ingots were cast over a cooling plate from pouring temperatures between 620°C and 640°C and with cooling lengths of between 300 mm and 400 mm. The shear driven flow of the solidifying melt on the cooling slope wall promotes heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al phase and subsequent separation from there due to shear driven flow of the solidifying melt produced nearly spheroidal morphology of the primary phase in the microstructure. The results show that the best combination of pouring temperature and cooling length was found to be 630°C and 400 mm respectively. The hardness of the rheocast ingots improved to 85.3 HV from 81.8 HV in as-cast condition.
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spelling my.utem.eprints-143142015-05-28T04:37:33Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14314/ Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope Salleh, Mohd Shukor Omar, Mohd Zaidi Syarif, Junaidi Mohammed, Mohammed Naser Alhawari, Khalid Salim TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery A319 aluminum alloys are commonly used in automotive industry due to a combination of good fluidity and mechanical strength. In this present work, cooling slope (CS) rheocasting process was employed to produce A319 billets with near spherical morphology of primary Al phase. The dendritic primary phase in the cast A319 alloy had readily transformed into nondendritic when the ingots were cast over a cooling plate from pouring temperatures between 620°C and 640°C and with cooling lengths of between 300 mm and 400 mm. The shear driven flow of the solidifying melt on the cooling slope wall promotes heterogeneous nucleation of α-Al phase and subsequent separation from there due to shear driven flow of the solidifying melt produced nearly spheroidal morphology of the primary phase in the microstructure. The results show that the best combination of pouring temperature and cooling length was found to be 630°C and 400 mm respectively. The hardness of the rheocast ingots improved to 85.3 HV from 81.8 HV in as-cast condition. Trans Tech Publications 2014-08-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/14314/1/Microstructure_evolution_of_rheocast.pdf Salleh, Mohd Shukor and Omar, Mohd Zaidi and Syarif, Junaidi and Mohammed, Mohammed Naser and Alhawari, Khalid Salim (2014) Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 663. pp. 261-265. ISSN 1660-9336 http://10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.663.261 doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.663.261
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Salleh, Mohd Shukor
Omar, Mohd Zaidi
Syarif, Junaidi
Mohammed, Mohammed Naser
Alhawari, Khalid Salim
Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title_full Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title_fullStr Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title_full_unstemmed Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title_short Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast A319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
title_sort microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of rheocast a319 aluminum alloy using cooling slope
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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