Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification

The 3rd edition of this popular textbook covers current topics in all areas of casting solidification. Partial differential equations and numerical analysis are used extensively throughout the text, with numerous calculation examples, to help the reader in achieving a working knowledge of computatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stefanescu, Doru Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:3rd ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Length-scale in solidification analysis
  • Thermodynamic concepts - Equilibrium and non-equilibrium during solidification
  • Nucleation and growth kinetics – Nanoscale solidification
  • Fundamentals of transport phenomena as applied to solidification processing
  • Diffusive mass transport at the macroscale
  • Diffusive energy transport at the macroscale
  • Momentum mass transport at the macroscale
  • Diffusive mass transport at the microscale - micro-solute redistribution and microsegregation
  • Solidification of single-phase alloys – cells and dendrites
  • Solidification of two-phase alloys – Micro-scale solidification
  • Solidification of multi-component alloys
  • Microshrinkage
  • Rapid solidification and amorphous alloys
  • Semi-solid processing
  • Solidification of Metal Matrix Composites
  • Multiscale modeling of solidification
  • Numerical macro-scale modeling of solidification
  • Numerical micro-scale modeling of solidification
  • Solidification of some casting alloys of commercial significance