Abstract
The understanding and control of fluidity is, and has been, a major aspect of foundry technology development. This paper reviews the progress made in this area over the years as it applies to aluminum castings. As a result of this development, thin-wall, high-integrity aluminum castings which were previously not thought possible have been produced. Further work in this area is expected to allow metal-matrix composites to fulfill their technical and economic promise.
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Editor’s Note: An unedited version of this paper, the 1987 Aluminum Division Silver Anniversary Lecture of the American Foundrymen’s Society, was previously published in the 1987 Transactions of the AFS. © 1987 American Foundrymen’s Society, Inc.
Francois R. Mollard received his SC.D. in metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967. He is currently manager of engineered materialsdevelopment at Battelle’s Columbus Division. Dr. Mollard is also member of TMS.
Merton C. Flemings received his Sc.D in metallurgy from theMassachusetts Insitute of Technology in 1954. Heis currently head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at M.I.T. Dr. Flemings is also a member of TMS.
Elsuke F. Nlyama received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1974. Heis currently an associate professor in the Department of Materials Processing at the Tohuku University in Sendai, Japan.
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Mollard, F.R., Flemings, M.C. & Niyama, E.F. Aluminum Fluidity in Casting. JOM 39, 34 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257537
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