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Title: Inverse design and control of microstructural development in solidification processes with natural convection

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OSTI ID:428082
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  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

This paper presents a finite element solution of an inverse solidification design problem. It is based on the previous work on an adjoint method with a functional optimization scheme for the solution of inverse thermal convection problems with overspecified thermal boundary conditions. An inverse calculation is performed here for directional solidification processes to find the optimal heat flux at the mold wall boundary on both the solid and liquid mold sides. The objective is to achieve desired velocity and heat flux histories at the solid-liquid interface. The specification of the growth velocity and freezing interface heat fluxes considers the microstructural implications on the casting product and the morphological stability requirements of the freezing interface. An example of solidification in a rectangular mold with a planar interface growth is shown.

Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
428082
Report Number(s):
CONF-960815-; ISBN 0-7918-1505-6; TRN: IM9708%%411
Resource Relation:
Conference: 31. national heat transfer conference, Houston, TX (United States), 3-6 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ASME proceedings of the 31. national heat transfer conference: Volume 1. HTD-Volume 323; Prasad, V. [ed.] [State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States)]; Bergman, T.L. [ed.] [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]; Thynell, S.T. [ed.] [Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)] [and others]; PB: 321 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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