632-0801 – Theory of Foundry Engineering Processes I. (TSPI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Tomáš Elbel, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will be able:
- to define influences affecting foundry processes;
- to describe basic processes during forming a casting from pouring it up to metal cooling;
- to calculate the gating system;
- to calculate the risers;
- to explain the conception of controlled solidification.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Summary
Structure and physical properties of molten metals. The principles of metal
flowing, pressure conditions in gatings. The running property of liquid metals
and alloys and their coherence with the design of castings. The thermal and
physical processes in a casting and in a mould. Interaction between casting
and
mould. Crystallization and solidification of castings.
Compulsory literature:
CAMPBELL, J.: Castings, Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford, 2000.
SCHLEGG,F.P. et al. Technology of Metalcasting , AFS Publication, 2003.
Recommended literature:
STEFANESCU,D,,M. : Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification.Cluver Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2002.
DANTZIG,J.A.;RAPPAZ,M. : Solidification, EPFL Oress, Boca Raton,2009
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.