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An analysis of published experimental and numerical results shows that there is a scaling relationship between the magnitude and direction of centerline segregation in direct-chill (DC) cast billets from aluminum alloys and the process parameters, i.e., billet diameter and casting speed. It seems that there is always a range of these process parameters where the centerline segregation is positive, and there is a threshold when the centerline segregation vanishes. Numerical simulations of macrosegregation during DC casting of a binary Al-Cu alloy were performed at different ratios of casting speed and billet diameter. The macrosegregation model takes into account only two mechanisms of macrosegregation, i.e., thermosolutal convection and shrinkage-induced flow. The results of these computer simulations fit well to the dependence obtained using numerous reference data. The results are discussed in terms of the contribution of different mechanisms of macrosegregation and the shape of the billet sump.
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The article is written within the framework of the research program of the Netherlands Institute for Metals Research (www.nimr.nl), Project No. MC 4.02134.
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Eskin, D., Du, Q. & Katgerman, L. Scale Rules for Macrosegregation during Direct-Chill Casting of Aluminum Alloys. Metall Mater Trans A 39, 1206–1212 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-008-9468-7
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