Optimum design of sprue well using computer simulation and experimental study

Document Type : Research Note

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1 M.Sc. Student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

10.22034/frj.2020.226556.1116

Abstract

The optimal design of sprue well in of aluminum sand casting process is considered ‎in the present study. The lack of is appropriate design for this component of gating ‎system could cause filling defects such as sand erosion, oxide films and gaseous ‎bubbles trap within the melt. In this study, formerly suggested designs in the ‎literature are firstly examined and then a new optimal design, based on logical try-‎and-error using computer simulation, is introduced to avoid their limitations. The ‎performance of new design is compared to former ones by means of computer ‎simulation. Finally, to validate simulation results, experimental studies are conducted ‎using water and molten metal fluid flow in side transparent sand mold. A high speed ‎camera is employed to capture the fluid flow pattern in the transparent mold. The ‎reasonable agreement between experimental results and computational ones support ‎the validity of numerical simulation and feasibility of presented new design.‎‎

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Founding Research Journal
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 13
September 2020
Pages 119-126

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  • Receive Date: 11 April 2020
  • Revise Date: 21 August 2020
  • Accept Date: 31 August 2020

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