Casting defects in low-pressure die-cast aluminum alloy wheels

JOM ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 57 (11) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Zhang ◽  
S. L. Cockcroft ◽  
D. M. Maijer ◽  
J. D. Zhu ◽  
A. B. Phillion
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 5304-5315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianglan Duan ◽  
Daan Maijer ◽  
Steve Cockcroft ◽  
Carl Reilly

Shape Casting ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianglan Duan ◽  
Daan M. Maijer ◽  
Steve L. Cockcroft ◽  
Carl Reilly ◽  
Ken Nguyen ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianglan Duan ◽  
Daan M. Maijer ◽  
Steve L. Cockcroft ◽  
Carl Reilly ◽  
Ken Nguyen ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuqi Hu ◽  
Li Wan ◽  
Shulin Lü ◽  
Peng Zhu ◽  
Shusen Wu

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongchen Zhang ◽  
Michael Collins ◽  
Eric Lau ◽  
Chris Botting ◽  
Majid Bahrami

Abstract Effect of anodization on the thermal performance of naturally cooled heat sinks in power electronic devices made of die-cast aluminum alloy A380 and machined aluminum alloy 6061 was investigated experimentally and numerically. Various types of anodization were examined with different thickness of anodic aluminum oxide layer (AAO), pore size distributions, and surface coloring conditions. A customized natural convection and thermal radiation experimental chamber was built to measure the cooling capacity and heat sink temperatures. A 3D numerical model was also developed and validated against the collected data to provide more details into the contribution of the radiation heat transfer. The total emittance of the anodized samples was determined by a Fourier transform infrared reflectometer (FTIR) spectroscopy method. The results show a significant improvement in total hemispherical emissivity from 0.14 to 0.92 in anodized die-cast aluminum samples. This increase resulted in a considerable reduction in overall thermal resistance, up to 15%; where up to 41% of the total heat dissipation was contributed by thermal radiation. In spite of the rather distinguishable surface morphologies, the measurements suggested that thermal emissivity of the anodized die-cast Al A380 and Al alloy 6061 samples were in the same range.


2012 ◽  
Vol 445 ◽  
pp. 277-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Zhi Zhang ◽  
Kazi Ahmmed ◽  
Meng Wang ◽  
Henry Hu

In this study a number of thermal treatment schemes over a wide range of temperatures between 120˚ to 350˚ C and times (30 120 minutes) have been experimented in an effort to understand the effect of thermal treatment on tensile properties of vacuum die cast modified aluminum alloy A356. The results show that, the morphology of eutectic silicon has a sound effect on the tensile properties of the tested alloy. The content of magnesium-based intermetallic phases, their morphology and distribution throughout the matrix affect the mechanical properties of the aged alloy as well. The reduction in the strengths of the alloy treated at 350°C for two hours should be at least attributed partly to the absence of the magnesium-based intermetallic phase. However the presence of sufficient amount of magnesium intermetallic phase had played important role in strengthening the alloy thermally treated at 200°C for 90 minutes.


2000 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Berruti ◽  
G. Ubertalli

Residual stress states, induced by milling in a die cast aluminum alloy component, have been determined by means of X-ray diffraction. Samples have been cut from an automotive engine sump, fabricated by pressure die-casting. The X-ray experimental apparatus has been calibrated by detecting stresses on a sample bent under imposed external deformations. Different samples (cut from the sump) have been tested after milling operations with each one characterized by different cutting speed, feed speed and depth of cut in order to evaluate their influence on the final residual stress state. Results have been analyzed taking into account surface morphologies after milling, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy.


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