Determination of Elevated-Temperature Mechanical Properties of an Aluminum A380.0 Die Casting Alloy in the As-Cast Condition

摘要

Computer modeling in the die casting industry has become a popular tool among successful die casters. Die casters have benefited from the model predictions by looking at fill patterns, evolution of temperature profiles in casting and tooling, distortion of machine components and tooling, etc., all available at the analyst's computer desk. The development of these computer models has been tightly related to the increase in the complexity of the mathematical models used to describe the involved physical phenomena and to the developments in computer hardware required to solve such complex systems of equations. These developments have allowed computer models to provide better representations of the analyzed systems and to give more accurate and reliable predictions.