Class 1: Review of controlling influences in Casting
Suggested Reading: Chapter 1, Kurtz and Fisher
Additional Reading: Chapter 1, W. A. Tiller: Macroscopic Phenomena and Chapter
1 W. A. Tiller: Microscopic Phenomena
Class 2: Nucleation Phenomena
Classical nucleation theory
Suggested Reading: Chapter 2 , Kurtz and Fisher
Additional Reading: Porter and Easterling Chapter 4 p 186 - 198
J. W. Mullin Chapter 5, Crystallization 3rd Edition, Butterwoth 1994
Class 3: Nucleation Phenomena
Kelvin's Equation and Thompson's Equation, Heterogeneous nucleation
Suggested Reading: R. J. Hunter, Foundations of Colloid Science, Chpt
5, Oxford Science 1987. (Handout)
Additional Reading: Interfacial Phenomena in Metals and Alloys, L. E. Murr,
p 66-129.
Lupis, Chemical Thermodynamics of Materials, Chapter 13
Class 4: Nucleation Phenomena
Rate of nucleation, glass formation. Temperature and supersaturation as methods of promoting nucleation
Suggested Reading: Turkdogan Handout.
Additional Reading: R. Cahn and Hansen, Chapter 9, sections 3 and 4
Class 5: Heat Transfer
Heat Balances, solution of transient heat transfer problems. Sand mold Castings
Suggested Reading: Heat Transfer Handout, Kurtz and Fisher Appendix 1
Additional Reading: R. Cahn and Hansen, Chapter 9, section 2
V. Alexiades and A. Solomon: Mathematical Modelling of Melting and Freezing
Processes, Hemisphere 1993, Chapters 1 and 2.
Class 6: Heat Transfer
Metal Molds and Perfect Contact
Additional Reading: Flemings : Chapter 1.
D. Poirier and E. Poirier: Heat Transfer Fundamentals for Metal Casting, TMS, 1991
Class 7: Heat Transfer
Contact Resistence, Growth in Undercooled Liquids
Additional Reading: V. Alexiades and A. Solomon: Mathematical Modelling
of Melting and Freezing Processes, Hemisphere 1993, Chapters 1 and 2.
Class 8 Class Discussion of Casting Process Design
Class 9:Phase Diagrams and Mass Transfer
Assumptions and their effect on Solidification. The lever rule and Scheil's equation. Suggested Reading: Kurtz Chp 6, Appendix 12. Handouts
Additional Reading: Flemings Chapter 2,Tiller, Macroscopic Phenomena, Chpt 3
Handouts from cast.
Class 10 Segregation
The formation of Cells, Constitutional supercooling, Dendrite growth under varying conditions, zone refining. Suggested Reading: Kurtz chpt 3 and 6, handouts
Additional Reading: Flemings Chpt 3, Tiller, Macroscopic Phenomena, Chpt 4
Class 11 Segregation
Dendritic Segregation. The effect of Fluid Flow on K effective, Brody
and Flemings
approach to limited diffusion in solid state, Kurtz correction of Brody
and Flemings
Suggested Reading: Kurtz chpt 6, Appendix 3, Handouts
Class 12 Segregation and Examples of Casting Techniques
Dendritic Segregation, Precipitation of Phases from Segregated Liquid
Video's of investment casting of turbine baldes, Continuous casting of Steel,
Strip Casting.
Suggested Reading: Handout
Class 13 Morphological Instability
Mullins and Sekerka relationship, Sugggested Reading: Kurtz: Chpt 3, Appendix 7, handouts
Class 14 Morphological Instability
Mullins and Sekerka continued
Suggested Reading: Kurtz Chpt 3 and Appendix 2 and 7,
Class 15 Growth by Diffusion
Zeners analysis, Dendritic Growth,
Suggested Reading: Kurtz Chpt 4, Appendix 8
Class 16 Growth by Diffusion, Hillerts Solution, Ivantsov's Solution
Marginal Stability as a growth criterion
Suggested Reading: Kurtz : Appendix 9
Class 17 Dendrite tip Radius, Prediction of primary
and secondary dendrite spacing
Suggested Reading: Kurtz: Appendix 9
Class 18 Exam
Class 19 Class Discussion - Design of a strip caster
Class 20 Homgenization, Equiaxed Solidification,
Kurtz: Appendix 13 and Flemings handout on Rheocasting
Class 21 Rapid Solidification
Suggested Reading: Kurtz: Chapter 7 and Appendix 6
Handouts: Mehrabian: Rapid Solidification
Class 22 Eutectic Growth
Suggested Reading: Kurtz: Chapter 5
Elliott handout
Class 23 Eutectic Growth
Suggested Reading: Handouts, Appedix 10 Kurtz
Class 24 Physical Modelling of Casting Phenomena
Rappaz Handout
Class 25 Final Exam