Mechanical Engineering

Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Multi- Field Coupling for Semi- Continuous Casting of Aluminum Alloy with Ultrasonic Treatment

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  • College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering∥National Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing,Central South University,Changsha 410083,Hunan,China
蒋日鹏(1983-),男,博士生,主要从事超声波对金属凝固的作用机理研究.

Received date: 2013-11-14

  Revised date: 2014-01-13

  Online published: 2014-03-03

Supported by

国家 “973” 计划项目(2010CB731706, 2012CB619504);教育部博士研究生学术新人奖项目(103701007)

Abstract

In this paper,a mathematical model is established to describe the interaction and coupling of acoustic,flow and thermal fields in the semi- continuous casting of aluminum alloy with ultrasonic treatment (UST),and thedistribution of acoustic,flow and thermal fields is numerically simulated with Fluent.The results show that ultra-sonic plays an important role in the distribution of flow and thermal fields; and that,at a fixed ultrasonic output am-plitude,a 20kHz UST for aluminum melt may result in ideal flow and thermal fields that speed up the heat andmass transfer as well as promote the transition of columnar grain to equiaxed grain.Moreover,it is found from mi-crostructure test that,after the UST,the microstructure of casting ingot is well refined,and the average sizes ofgrains in length and width directions reduce by 133μm and 32μm,respectively.The mechanism of grain refinementof large- scale aluminum alloy ingot caused by UST is finally analyzed based on the simulation results.

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Jiang Ri- peng Li Xiao- qian Ju Zeng- ye Zhang Min . Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Multi- Field Coupling for Semi- Continuous Casting of Aluminum Alloy with Ultrasonic Treatment[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science), 2014 , 42(4) : 85 -90 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2014.04.013

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