Modeling of Residual Stresses in Quenched Cast Aluminum Components

Qigui Wang; Cherng-Chi Chang; Guihua zhang; David Paluch

doi:10.4271/2011-01-0539

Cast aluminum alloys are normally quenched after solution treatment or solidification process to improve aging responses. Rapid quenching can lead to high residual stress and severe distortion which significantly affects dimension stability, functionality and particularly performance of the product. To simulate residual stress and distortion induced during quenching, a finite element based approach was developed by coupling an iterative zone-based transient heat transfer algorithm with material thermo-viscoplastic constitutive model. With the integrated models, the numeric predictions of residual stresses and distortion in the quenched aluminum castings are in a good agreement with experimental measurements.

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Modeling of Residual Stresses in Quenched Cast Aluminum Components 2011-01-0539

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