Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

, Volume 35, Issue 11, pp 3551–3561 | Cite as

Effects of alloy composition and casting speed on structure formation and hot tearing during direct-chill casting of Al-Cu alloys

  • Suyitno
  • V. I. Savran
  • L. Katgerman
  • D. G. Eskin
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Abstract

Effects of casting speed and alloy composition on structure formation and hot tearing during direct-chill (DC) casting of 200-mm round billets from binary Al-Cu alloys are studied. It is experimentally shown that the grain structure, including the occurrence of coarse grains in the central part of the billet, is strongly affected by the casting speed and alloy composition, while the dendritic arm spacing is mostly dependent on the casting speed. The hot cracking pattern reveals the maximum hot-tearing susceptibility in the range of low-copper alloys (1 to 1.5 pct) and at high casting speeds (180 to 200 mm/min). The clear correlation between the amount of nonequilibrium eutectics (representing the reserve of liquid phase in the last stage of solidification) and hot tearing is demonstrated. A casting speed-copper concentration-hot-tearing susceptibility chart is constructed experimentally for real-scale DC casting. Computed dimensions of the solidification region in the billet are used to explain the experimentally observed structure patterns and hot cracking. Thermomechanical finite-element simulation of the solidifying billet was used as a tool for testing the applicability to DC casting of several hot-tearing criteria based on different principles. The results are compared to the experimentally observed hot tearing. It is noted that hot-tearing criteria that account for the dynamics of the process, e.g., strain rate, actual stress-strain situation, feeding rate, and melt flow, can be successfully used for the qualitative prediction of hot tearing.

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Material Transaction Mushy Zone Casting Speed High Casting Speed Round Billet 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Suyitno
    • 1
  • V. I. Savran
    • 1
  • L. Katgerman
    • 1
  • D. G. Eskin
    • 2
  1. 1.the Department of Materials Science and EngineeringDelft University of TechnologyDelftThe Netherlands
  2. 2.the Netherlands Institute for Metals ResearchDelftThe Netherlands

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