Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook composed of 15 chapters which incorporate fundamentals as well as key features, such as extensive citations, up-to-date techniques, and future possible applications. The book covers the essentials of solidification science of metals and alloys at macro- and micro-length scales at cooling rates specific to commercial castings and rapid solidification processing. Each topic begins with the description of the underlying physics, followed by the mathematics required to build an analytical model, and then the most important numerical models. Wherever possible, a detailed description of the construction method of the numerical model is provided, followed by examples of models built on an Excel spreadsheet. The mathematical requirements necessary for a working knowledge in the field, specifically partial differential equations and numerical analysis, are introduced.
Based on the author’s forty years of teaching experience, research and industrial practice of solidification science as applied to casting processes, Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification, Second Edition addresses senior undergraduate and graduate students, but is also useful to industrial researchers that work in the field of solidification in general and casting modeling in particular. The detailed coverage of casting defects will also make it useful to industrial practitioners of metal casting.
This new edition includes a new chapter addressing rapid solidification and bulk metallic glasses, as well as updated and expanded sections on peritectic solidification and shrinkage porosity mechanisms and modeling. Supplementary electronic files are available online for Professors, including Excel spreadsheets related to the text and examples, and PowerPoint presentation slides.
