The current status and development of semi-solid powder forming (SPF)

X Luo, M Wu, C Fang, B Huang - Jom, 2019 - Springer
Semi-solid powder forming is a promising near-net-shaped forming technology, which has
the advantages of powder metallurgy and semi-solid forming, such as fine grains, low …

Semisolid processing of metallic materials

HV Atkinson - Materials Science and Technology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Semisolid processing involves forming metallic alloys between the solidus and the liquidus.
For the process to operate, the microstructure must consist of solid spheroids in the liquid …

Rheological transitions in semi-solid alloys: In-situ imaging and LBM-DEM simulations

TC Su, C O'Sullivan, H Yasuda, CM Gourlay - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Rheological transitions from suspension flow to granular deformation and shear cracking
are investigated in equiaxed-globular semi-solid alloys by combining synchrotron …

Anisotropic microstructure and thixo-compression deformation behavior of extruded 7075 aluminum alloy in semi-solid state

K Wang, L Wang, F Li, Z Zhang, R Luo - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to examine the micro-mechanism behind the thixotropic behavior of semi-solid
alloys, microstructural effects on the compression deformation of semi-solid 7075 aluminum …

Micromechanical modelling of the elastic–viscoplastic response of metallic alloys under rapid compression in the semi-solid state

V Favier, HV Atkinson - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Semi-solid processing is used commercially to produce a variety of components and it is
therefore important to be able to model the die fill. Micromechanical modelling is one …

Impact of experimental conditions on material response during forming of steel in semi-solid state

E Becker, V Favier, R Bigot, P Cezard… - Journal of Materials …, 2010 - Elsevier
Semi-solid forming is an effective near-net-shape forming process to produce components
with complex geometry and in fewer forming steps. It benefits from the complex thixotropic …

Measurement and modeling of thermal evolution during induction heating and thixoforming of low carbon steel

PE Aba-perea, E Becker - Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
A comparative study of thixoforming and forging of double-cup parts in low carbon steel was
performed using a combination of process in-situ experimental analysis and modeling. First …

A new route for semi-solid steel forging

T Balan, E Becker, L Langlois, R Bigot - CIRP Annals, 2017 - Elsevier
Forging in semi-solid state significantly extends the possibilities of classical hot forging. In
order to fully exploit its potential, the process requires a specific and demanding …

Comparison between numerical simulation of semisolid flow into a die using FORGE© and in situ visualization using a transparent sided die

A Neag, V Favier, R Bigot, HV Atkinson - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2016 - Elsevier
Semi-solid processing is a promising forming process for shaping metallic alloys in one shot.
Numerical simulations are of great interest for optimizing the process. Generally, numerical …

Does shear thickening occur in semisolid metals?

HV Atkinson, V Favier - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2016 - Springer
In the various forms of semisolid processing such as thixoforming and thixoforging, the entry
into the die occurs in a fraction of a second so it is the transient rheological behavior which …