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Rheological Behavior of Al-7Si-0.3Mg Alloy at Mushy State

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Title Rheological Behavior of Al-7Si-0.3Mg Alloy at Mushy State
 
Creator Das, Prosenjit
Samanta, Sudip K.
Dutta, Pradip
 
Subject Al alloys
 
Description In recent years, semisolid manufacturing has emerged as an attractive option for near net shape forming of components with aluminum alloys. In this class of processes, the key to success lies mainly in the understanding of rheological behavior of the semi-solid slurry in the temperature range between liquidus and solidus. The present study focuses on the non-Newtonian flow behavior of the pseudo plastic slurry of Al-7Si-0.3Mg alloy for a wide shear range using a high-temperature Searle-type rheometer. The rheological behavior of the slurry is studied with respect to relevant process variables and microstructural features such as shear rate, shear duration, temperature history, primary particle size, shape, and their distribution. The experiments performed are isothermal tests, continuous cooling tests, shear jump tests, and shear time tests. The continuous cooling experiments are aimed toward studying the viscosity and shear stress evolution within the slurry matrix with increasing solid fraction at a constant shear rate. Three different cooling rates are considered and their effect on flow behavior of the slurry was studied under iso-shear condition. Descending shear jump experiments are performed to understand the viscous instability of the slurry.
 
Publisher Springer Link
 
Date 2015-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Das, Prosenjit and Samanta, Sudip K. and Dutta, Pradip (2015) Rheological Behavior of Al-7Si-0.3Mg Alloy at Mushy State. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 46 (3). pp. 1302-1313.
 
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