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Title: Thermal stress history displayed in an Ashby type diagram, application to the continuous casting of aluminum alloys

Conference ·
OSTI ID:227754
;  [1];  [2]
  1. EPM-Madylam, Saint Martin D`Heres (France)
  2. LTPCM, Saint Martin D`Heres (France)

In solidification processes, thermal contraction in the solid state can make internal stresses, and possibly cracks. The formation of such defects is history-dependent, i.e., it depends on the time evolution of the relevant parameters, temperature, stress, strain rate. The authors propose to display this history on Ashby type diagrams, i.e. as normalized stress-temperature plots.This proposal is illustrated in a particular application, the continuous casting of aluminum alloys. The authors built a simple semi-analytical model to predict the thermal stress history. They apply it with five constitutive laws currently used: plastic type laws, creep laws and Ashby law (in fact the sum of every mechanism law involved in aluminum Ashby`s map). The proposed presentation makes it clear that plastic type laws should be avoided. More generally, Ashby type diagram could be used as a test for constitutive laws before their application in numerical models for non-isothermal processes, in solidification, shape casting, welding.

OSTI ID:
227754
Report Number(s):
CONF-9509118-; ISBN 0-87339-297-3; TRN: IM9622%%31
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7. Conference on modeling of casting, welding and advanced solidification processes, London (United Kingdom), 10-15 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Modeling of casting, welding and advanced solidification processes, 7; Cross, M. [ed.] [Univ. of Greenwich, London (United Kingdom). Centre for Numerical Modeling and Process Analysis]; Campbell, J. [ed.] [Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom). School of Metallurgy and Materials]; PB: 1030 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English