A Three Dimensional Cellular Automaton Model for the Prediction of Solidification Morphologies of Brass Alloy by Horizontal Continuous Casting and Its Experimental Verification

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to predict the morphologies of the solidification process for brass alloys (Cu70Zn30 and Cu65Zn35) by horizontal continuous casting (HCC) and to verify its accuracy by the observed experimental results. This study was extended from previous study (predict the solidification microstructure of pure copper rod by vertical continuous casting process). In numerical simulation aspect, finite difference method (FDM) and cellular automaton (CA) model were utilized to solve the macro-temperature field and micro-nucleation and grain growth of brass alloy respectively. From the observed casting experiment, the unidirectionally solidified brass rod could be fabricated by the HCC process with using cooled mold. The cast grain morphology by CAFD model was corresponding to the result of actual casting experiment well.