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Dilatant shear bands in solidifying metals.

C M Gourlay¹, A K Dahle

¹The CAST CRC, Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. c.gourlay@minmet.uq.edu.au

|January 5, 2007

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Partially solidified alloys behave like granular materials, exhibiting dilatancy and strain localization. This granular behavior is crucial for understanding defects in high-pressure die casting of aluminum and magnesium alloys.

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Materials Science
Physics
Engineering

Background:

Compacted granular materials exhibit unique behaviors under shear, distinct from their constituent phases.
Granular physics principles have advanced understanding in fields like soil mechanics and avalanches.
Metallic alloy solidification involves a crowded crystal-liquid microstructure at certain solid fractions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if partially solidified metallic alloys deform as granular materials.
To explore the relevance of granular material behavior to solidification processing.
To understand defect formation mechanisms in alloy casting.

Main Methods:

Experimental observation of partially solidified alloys.
Analysis of microstructural deformation under shear.
Comparison with established granular mechanics principles like dilatancy and strain localization.

Main Results:

Partially solidified alloys exhibit characteristics of cohesionless granular materials.
Reynolds' dilatancy and strain localization in shear bands were observed.
This granular behavior directly impacts defect formation in high-pressure die casting of Al and Mg alloys.

Conclusions:

The principles of granular mechanics can be applied to solidification processing.
Understanding granular behavior in alloys offers insights into defect reduction.
Synergies between granular mechanics and solidification science hold significant potential for innovation.