Date of Award
2008
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Engineering, Materials Science.
Supervisor
Hu, Hongfa (Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
This thesis proposed an optimization technique for design of gating system parameters of a light metal casting based on the Taguchi method with multiple performance characteristics. Firstly, the casting model with a gating system was designed and exported as International Graphics Exchange Standard (IGES) models by Unigraphic NX4.0. Based on the IGES models of the casting, Finite Element (FE) Models were generated using Hypermesh software. Then, mold filling and solidification processes of the castings were simulated with the MAGMASOFT. Finally, the simulation result can be converted to numerical data according to the 3D coordinates of the FE model by MAGMALink module of MAGMASOFT . The various designs of gating systems for the casting model were generated and the simulated results indicated that gating system parameters significantly affect the quality of the castings. To obtain the optimal process parameters of the gating system, the Taguchi method including the orthogonal array, the signal to noise (S/N) ratio, and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the effect of various gating designs on cavity filling and casting quality using a weighting method. The gating system parameters were optimized with evaluating criteria including filling velocity, shrinkage porosity and product yield.
Recommended Citation
Sun, Zhizhong, "Numerical optimization of gating systems for light metals sand castings" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2886.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/2886