Journal article
Integrated design of castings: effect of porosity on mechanical performance
IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.33(1), 012069
07/03/2012
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/33/1/012069
Abstract
Porosity can significantly reduce the strength and durability of castings in service. An integrated design approach has been developed where casting simulation is combined with mechanical performance simulations. Predictions of the porosity distribution from the casting process simulation are transferred to and used in stress and fatigue life simulations. Thus, the effect of casting quality on service performance can be evaluated. Results of a study are presented where the measured porosity distribution in cast steel specimens is transferred to an elasto-plastic finite-element stress analysis model. Methods are developed to locally reduce the mechanical properties according to the porosity present, without having to resolve individual pores. Plastic deformation is modeled using porous metal plasticity theory. The predictions are compared to tensile measurements performed on the specimens. The complex deformations and the reductions in the ductility of the specimens due to porosity are predicted well. The predicted stresses are transferred to a fatigue analysis code that takes the porosity distribution into account as well. The measured and predicted fatigue lives are also in good agreement. Finally, the results of a case study are presented that illustrate the utility of the present integrated approach in optimizing the design of a steel casting.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Integrated design of castings: effect of porosity on mechanical performance
- Creators
- R A Hardin - University of IowaC Beckermann
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering, Vol.33(1), 012069
- DOI
- 10.1088/1757-899X/33/1/012069
- ISSN
- 1757-899X
- eISSN
- 1757-899X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/03/2012
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984196520302771
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