著者

吉田 浩一 大中 逸雄

出版者

公益社団法人 日本金属学会

雑誌

日本金属学会誌 (ISSN:00214876)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.4, pp.342-349, 1997 (Released:2008-04-04)

参考文献数

20

被引用文献数

2

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An algorithm has been developed for simulating the solidification in copper billet continuous casting based on the direct finite difference method by assuming a flow field in the melt. The simulation model considers the temperature dependent thermo-physical properties, convection heat transfer due to the movement of liquid and solid phases, latent heat of solidification and heat transfer among carbon and copper molds, billet and cooling water. The simulation results were compared with a measured sump shape, cooling curves and dendrite-arm-spacing (DAS). The sump shape was estimated from the solidification structure obtained by adding molten Sn during casting. An experimentally determined relationship between DAS and cooling rate was used in the estimation of the DAS distribution in the billet. The comparison between calculated and measured results showed a good agreement and it was found that neglecting the heat transfer into the casting direction results in a maximum error of 16.4%. It was also found that a more accurate estimation of the thickness of the solidified layer and temperature near meniscus requires more accurate information on the velocity field.

著者

杉山 明 安田 秀幸 柳楽 知也 吉矢 真人 上杉 健太朗 梅谷 啓二 大中 逸雄

出版者

公益社団法人 日本鋳造工学会

雑誌

鋳造工学 = Journal of Japan Foundry Engineering Society (ISSN:13420429)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.83, no.3, pp.131-136, 2011-03-25

参考文献数

11

被引用文献数

1

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It is well known that controlling the graphite shape in cast iron is a critical issue to achieve appropriate properties. It is of interest to know how the microstructure in cast iron evolves during solidification. So far, time-evolution of the microstructure has not been observed in-situ. This paper presents the in-situ observation results of cast iron solidification using X-ray imaging of synchrotron radiation. Transmission X-ray images with a spatial resolution of as small as 5<i>μ</i>m were obtained by an X-ray detector SATICON in an imaging beam line 20B2 at SPring-8. A 10 × 10 × 0.1mm specimen was melted and solidified in a mold made of Al₂O₃ placed in a vacuum chamber. The observation showed that the solidification started with austenite dendrites, after which the eutectic structure was formed. Graphite clusters of about 100<i>μ</i>m in diameter were formed in the remaining liquid surrounded by the eutectic structure at a cooling rate of less than 10K/min. At a cooling rate of 10K/min, the primary dendrite and the eutectic grains moved up and down, respectively, due to the bouncy force.