Implementing Enthalpy-Porosity Approach for Numerical Simulation of Semi-solid A-356 Aluminum Alloy Solidification in Shearing/Cooling Roll Technique
摘要
The present work details a two-dimensional numerical estimation of semi-solid A-356 aluminum alloy, through the Shearing Cooling Roll (SCR) process. The finite volume method was used to solve the governing equations of mass, momentum, and energy, while the enthalpy-porosity approach was used to capture the solidification phenomena. Temperature-dependent properties (like density, and viscosity) were incorporated in the simulation invoking User Defined Functions (UDFs) in the ANSYS 19.2. platform. The findings reveal valuable details on how critical parameters like temperature, density, viscosity, roll velocity and liquid fraction vary with wall temperatures (473, 573, 673 K). The development of the semi-solid alloy was most suitable at 473 K wall temperature, where a balanced coexistence of the liquid and solid phases appeared; while structural uniformity was negatively impacted at higher wall temperatures.