This is the key publication for professionals and students in the metallurgy and foundry field.
Fully revised and expanded, Castings Second Edition covers the latest developments in the …

A new criterion for the appearance of hot tears in metallic alloys is proposed. Based upon a
mass balance performed over the liquid and solid phases, it accounts for the tensile …

Many foundries have intermittently experienced a major outbreak of casting rejects in which
the alloy, although clearly within specification, nevertheless appears to be the primary cause …

Cracking during solidification is a serious defect in welds and castings. A criterion for
cracking that, unlike previous criteria/models, considers the grain boundary (where cracking …

A comprehensive study of the effect of cooling rate on the grain size of a range of grain
refined wrought aluminum alloys was carried out under quiescent solidification conditions …

The technical literature available on hot tearing of castings is reviewed and analyzed, in
detail. Hot tearing is found to be a special case of liquid metal embrittlement, and the …

Selective laser melting (SLM) was used to fabricate an AlCuMnZr alloy. The microstructural
features that resulted from additive manufacturing (AM) were significantly refined compared …

A two-phase continuum model for an isotropic mushy zone is presented. The model is based
upon the general volume-averaged conservation equations, and quantities associated with …

Integration of models that capture the complex physics of solidification on the macro and
microstructural scale with the flexibility to consider multicomponent materials systems is a …

Hot-tearing susceptibility is an important consideration for alloy design. Based on a review of
previous research, an a priori indicator for the prediction of an alloy's hot-tearing …