Fracture Toughness of Intermetallic Compound Particulate Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Die Castings.

Fracture Toughness of Metal Castings

Automated Radioscopic Inspection of Aluminum Die Castings

Castings produced for the automotive industry are considered important components for overall roadworthiness. To ensure the safety of construction, it is necessary to check every part thoroughly using non-destructive testing. Radioscopy rapidly became the accepted way for controlling the quality of die cast pieces. In this paper the fundamental principles of the automated detection of casting d...

Porosity Prediction in Aluminum A356 Alloy Castings

A comprehensive methodology that takes into account alloy solidification, shrinkage-driven interdendritic fluid flow, hydrogen precipitation, and porosity evolution has been developed for the prediction of microporosity fraction in aluminum A356 alloy castings. The mathematical models presented are implemented in a computational framework consistent with those of commercial casting codes, allow...

Fracture Toughness of Polypropylene-Based Particulate Composites

The fracture behaviour of polymers is strongly affected by the addition of rigid particles. Several features of the particles have a decisive influence on the values of the fracture toughness: shape and size, chemical nature, surface nature, concentration by volume, and orientation. Among those of thermoplastic matrix, polypropylene (PP) composites are the most industrially employed for many di...

On automated radioscopic inspection of aluminum die castings

Castings produced for the automotive industry are considered important components for overall roadworthiness. To ensure the safety of construction, it is necessary to check every part thoroughly using non-destructive testing. Radioscopy rapidly became the accepted way for controlling the quality of die cast pieces. In this paper the fundamental principles of the automated detection of casting d...