Solidification and Casting: (Hardcover)

INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVEDirect chillcasting of aluminium alloysContinuous casting of aluminium alloysContinuous casting of steelsCastings in the automotive industryCast aluminium-silicon piston alloysMODELLING AND SIMULATIONModelling direct chill castingMold filling simulation of die castingThe ten casting rulesGrain selection in single crystal superalloy castingsDefects in aluminium shape castingPattern formation during solidificationPeritectic solidificationSTRUCTURE AND DEFECTSHetergeneous nucleation in aluminium alloysControl of grain size in solidificationStep castingIntermetallic selection during solidification of aluminium alloysCooling rate and the structure of commercial aluminium alloys Solidification structure control by magnetic fieldsDirect observation of solidification and solid phase transformationsInterfacial energy and solidification structures in aluminium-silicon alloysNEW MATERIALS AND PROCESSESRheocasting of TiAl alloys and compositesSolidification of metallic glassesNew euctectic ceramicsRapid solidification of oxidesPeritectic solidification of superconducting oxides