A review of the origin of equiaxed grains during solidification under mechanical stirring, vibration, electromagnetic, electric-current, and ultrasonic treatments

N Balasubramani, J Venezuela, D StJohn… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Refinement of grains and intermetallic phases in the as-solidified alloy structure offers
uniform structural properties, eliminates or minimizes common solidification defects …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling of acoustic streaming during the ultrasonic melt treatment of direct-chill (DC) casting

GSB Lebon, G Salloum-Abou-Jaoude, D Eskin… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acoustic streaming and its attendant effects in the sump of a direct-chill (DC) casting process
are successfully predicted under ultrasonic treatment for the first time. The proposed …

Current understanding of the origin of equiaxed grains in pure metals during ultrasonic solidification and a comparison of grain formation processes with low …

N Balasubramani, G Wang, DH StJohn… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation of fine, non-dendritic equiaxed grains throughout a casting without the
addition of refiners (ie independent of alloy chemistry), is made possible by using ultrasonic …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical modelling and experimental validation of the effect of ultrasonic melt treatment in a direct-chill cast AA6008 alloy billet

T Subroto, GSB Lebon, DG Eskin, I Skalicky… - journal of materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we study how ultrasonic cavitation melt treatment (UST) affects the temperature
distribution, sump profile, and resulting microstructure in the direct-chill (DC) casting of an …

Mechanisms of the origin of fine and non-dendritic grains at the sonotrode–liquid metal interface during ultrasonic solidification of metals

N Balasubramani, G Wang, DH StJohn… - … Materials Transactions A, 2021 - Springer
Proposed grain refinement mechanisms during ultrasonic solidification have been explained
in terms of refinement between cavitation enhanced nucleation and fragmentation of …

Role of acoustic streaming in formation of unsteady flow in billet sump during ultrasonic DC casting of aluminum alloys

S Komarov, T Yamamoto - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present work investigated melt flow pattern and temperature distribution in the sump of
aluminum billets produced in a hot-top equipped direct chilling (DC) caster conventionally …

[PDF][PDF] 铝合金半连续铸造过程中热裂模型综述

陈东旭, 王俊升, 王郁, 张明山, 王兵, 张弛, 王硕… - 航空制造技术, 2020 - amte.net.cn
铝合金广泛应用于航空航天, 轨道交通, 汽车轻量化等领域. 半连续直接冷却铸造技术是制备大型
铝合金铸锭的重要方法. 在此制备工艺中热裂是较为严重的铸造缺陷, 该缺陷的控制是制备优质 …

Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the sump profile and microstructure of a direct-chill cast AA6008 aluminum alloy

T Subroto, GS Bruno Lebon, DG Eskin… - Light Metals 2021: 50th …, 2021 - Springer
This work focuses on the effects of ultrasonic melt treatment (UST) during direct-chill (DC)
casting on the temperature distribution across the billet, sump profile, and the resulting …

[PDF][PDF] Grain refinement mechanisms during ultrasonic solidification of metals

N Balasubramani - 2021 - researchgate.net
Solidification processes during casting that promote equiaxed, fine and non-dendritic grains
tend to combat the propensity for porosity formation and hot tearing by introducing enhanced …