Rapid solidification of zirconium-based alloys

Rapid solidification behavior of Zn-rich Zn–Ag peritectic alloys

Rapid solidification experiments, including laser remelting, melt-spinning and wedge casting, were carried out to investigate the rapid solidification behavior of Zn-rich Zn–Ag peritectic alloys containing up to 9.0 at% Ag. For comparison, Bridgman solidification experiments of the same alloys were also carried out for growth velocities ranging from 0.02 to 4.82 mm/s, which were lower than that...

Solidification Mechanism of Hickly Undercooled Metal Alloys

This paper describes the results of experiments on metal droplet undercooling, and presents a preliminary analysis of the structures obtained. Work was conducted with Sn-25wt%Pb and Ni-34wt%Sn alloys. To achieve the required high degrees of undercooling, emuls i fication treatments were utilized following techniques described-by Perepezko and co-workers. Experiments show the fraction of supersa...

Rapid Solidification of Polymeric Fibers

A thorough understanding of crystallization kinetics for rapid polymer solidification during the fiber spinning process is a route to maximizing fiber properties while increasing production speeds. We are using theoretical, computational, and experimental models to characterize the crystallization process at the molecular, microscopic, and macroscopic levels. Polymer dependent molecular descrip...

Mathematical and Physical Modelling of Directional Solidification of Aerospace Alloys

Defect formation in aerospace components is studied, particularly in regions of directionally solidified casting with stepwise increase in cross-section, which is a typical geometric configuration for such components as turbine blades. Given the fact that the geometry of a casting is directly related to probability of defect formation, special attention was paid to grain defects in regions of c...

Multiscale Modeling of Solidification of Multi-component Alloys