HEAT TRANSFER FUNDAMENTALS FOR METAL CASTING SECOND EDITION WITH SI UNITS

This text was developed for students, process engineers, and manufacturing engineers who wish to apply the quantitative fundamentals of heat transfer to the metal casting industry. This second edition includes the conversion throughout, to the more universally acceptable SI units. Considered to be a fundamental teaching book, the numerous examples throughout make it ideal for an undergraduate course in materials processing or manufacturing. The first two chapters review heat transfer and concepts pertaining to solidification. The middle chapters emphasize conduction heat transfer and casting solidification. Finally, the last two chapters show how heat transfer during solidification can be used in riser design and also supply an introduction to numerical methods for those students or casting engineers who wish to venture further.

I. TYPES OF HEAT TRANSFER.

A. Conduction.

B. Convection.

C. Radiation.

II. HEAT TRANSFER IN SOLIDIFYING METAL.

A. Solidification of Pure Metal.

B. Solidification of Alloys.

III. HEAT TRANSFER IN MOLDS.

A. Conduction in Mold Materials.

B. Heat Transfer across Casting Gaps.

IV. SOLIDIFICATION HEAT TRANSFER.

A. Solidificaion in Thick Molds.

B. Modulus Methods.

C. Solidification in Molds of Finite Thickness.

V. RISER DESIGN.

A. Riser Size.

B. Feeding Distance and Riser Location.

VI. NUMERICAL METHODS.

A. Conduction in Mold or Core Surrounded by Metal.

B. Conduction in Shell Mold with Heat Loss at the Surface.

C. Closing Remarks.

Suggested Readings.