Project Title:

Advanced Mathematical Models for Casting

94-1	4.06	3800		

Advanced Mathematical Models for Casting

Abstract:

Existing simulation tools for modeling of casting cannot predict 
the segregation and cast-in residual stresses or do so only crudely 
despite the strong effect of these phenomena on the final quality 
of the cast parts. In addition, the existing tools for mold filling 
and solidification are numerically inefficient and do not 
incorporate other physical effects (e.g., shrinkage and latent heat 
release) in an accurate or integral way. We propose to develop an 
advanced modeling tool that handles filling, solidification, 
segregation, and stress evolution using an advanced, efficient 
numerical algorithm. The resulting software will model the full 
casting process and yield detailed compositional and stress fields 
throughout the cast part. In Phase I, we will demonstrate efficient 
calculations for each of these fields. We will develop a full 
integrated software package and validate it in Phase II. 

The resulting modeling tools will represent a major advance over 
those currently available and will have an excellent commercial 
market for use in a wide range of industrial casting settings, both 
through displacing less capable software and by significantly 
broadening the market by the addition of new capabilities and much 
greater computational efficiency. 

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Creare Incorporated
Etna Road, P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH 03755