Semi-continuous direct-chill (DC) casting holds a prominent position in commercial
aluminium alloy processing, especially in production of large sized ingots …

Hot tearing is often a major casting defect in magnesium alloys and has a significant impact
on the quality of their casting products. Hot tearing of magnesium alloys is a complex …

Hot tearing remains a major problem of casting technology despite decades-long efforts to
develop working hot tearing criteria and to implement those into casting process computer …

A series of casting experiments was performed with binary Al–Cu alloys with varying cooling
rates, cooling conditions and copper concentration. The quantitative relationships between …

A thorough experimental investigation of the effects of melt temperature and casting speed
on the structure and defect formation during the steady and nonsteady stages of direct-chill …

Hot tearing of B206 aluminum alloys with additions of iron and silicon was studied with
constrained mould casting (CRC) to investigate the combined effect of these additions on …

Shrinkage, imposed strain rate, and (lack of) feeding are considered the main factors that
determine cavity formation or the formation of hot tears. A hot-tearing model is proposed that …

In this work, we study how ultrasonic cavitation melt treatment (UST) affects the temperature
distribution, sump profile, and resulting microstructure in the direct-chill (DC) casting of an …

A three-stage mechanistic model for solidification cracking during TIG welding of steel is
proposed from in situ synchrotron X-ray imaging of solidification cracking and subsequent …

During the production of high-strength 7××× aluminum alloys, hot tearing has set up serious
obstacles for attaining a sound billet/slab. In this research, some typical 7××× alloys were …