《Effect of ultrasonic power and casting speed on solidification structure of 7050 aluminum alloy ingot in ultrasonic field》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. (2010) 17: 431−436 DOI: 10.1007/s11771−010−0502−8 Effect of ultrasonic power and casting speed on solidification structure of 7050 aluminum alloy ingot in ultrasonic field ZHANG Li-hua(张立华)1, 2, YU Jun(余军)1, 2, ZHANG Xiao-ming(张晓明)1, 2 1. Key Laboratory of Modern Complex Equipment Design and Extreme Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; 2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract: With the experiment and finite element simulation, the influences of power ultrasonic on the solidification structure of 7050 aluminum alloy ingot in semi-continuous casting were researched, and the effects of casting speed on solidification structure in ultrasonic field were also analyzed. The experiment and simulation results show that the solidification structure of the ingot is homogeneously distributed, and its grain size is obviously refined at ultrasonic power of 240 W. The average grain sizes, which can be seen from the Leica microscope, are less than 100 µm. When the casting speed is 45−50 mm/min, the best grain refinement is obtained. Key words: 7050 aluminum alloy; ultrasonic power; casting speed; semi-continuous casting; solidification structure ESKIN [7−8], and PAN et al [9] began to study the 1 Introduction fine-grained ultrasonic technology from the 20th century. Many experimental researches were also done by