Satyanarayan ., Chiranth H.S, Paigambar Nadaf, Akhil Sharma, Veerabhadrappa Algur, Kumarswamy M.C., Kusammanavar Basavaraj | International Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing | Vol 10, Issue 02 | pp. 10-15 | ISSN: 2582-5046
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The casting technique is regarded as the primary manufacturing process. It has several process parameters that affect the cast structure. Mold geometry is considered one of the most important metal parameters to cast. In the current work, the influence of mold geometries on mechanical properties (deformation and stress concentration) of liquid Aluminum alloy solidified in the steel mold is assessed using ANSYS simulation software. Molds were subject to a 0.010KPa tensile pressure to observe the deformation along three directions (X, Y and Z axis). Simulation results exhibited that liquid alloy solidified in mold of circular geometry deformed non-uniformly whereas alloy cooled in hexagonal mold deformed uniformly. Alloys cooled in square mold showed intermediate behavior in terms of deformation. The load-carrying capacity of casted hexagonal specimens was found to be better than square and circular specimens. Casted circular specimens indicate very high stress concentration at the edges. However, the hexagonal-shaped casted specimen showed uniformly distributed stress concentration compared to circular and square-shaped casted specimens.
Keywords: Metal mold, pure metal, mechanical property, simulation, stress concentration
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@article{S2024,
author = {Satyanarayan . and Chiranth H.S and Paigambar Nadaf and Akhil Sharma and Veerabhadrappa Algur and Kumarswamy M.C. and Kusammanavar Basavaraj},
title = {A Study on Stress Analysis of Aluminum Alloy Solidified in Metallic Molds},
journal = {International Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing},
year = {2024},
volume = {10},
number = {02},
pages = {10--15},
issn = {2582-5046},
url = {https://journalspub.com/publication/ijmmp/article=16089}
}