RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Bruna, Marek
A1 Sládek, Augustín
T1 Hot Tearing Evaluation of Al - Based Alloys
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2016
VO 16
IS 2
SP 323
OP 327
DO 10.21062/ujep/x.2016/a/1213-2489/MT/16/2/323
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201602-0002.php
AB Hot tearing during solidification of aluminium alloys castings can be a serious problem. This phenomenon is well known but still insufficiently investigated. Hot tearing occurs in form of irregular cracks in metal castings that develop during solidification and cooling (typically while the casting is still inside the mold or die cavity). The cause of hot tearing is generally attributed to the development of thermally induced tensile stresses and strains in a casting as the molten metal contracts during solidification and solid state shrinkage. Submited paper consists of two parts. The first part introduces the reader to the phenomenon of hot tearing. The second part describes newly developed method for assessing hot tearing susceptibility of aluminium alloys, and also gives the results on hot tearing for various aluminium alloys.