This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Foresight for Volume Produced Cast Aluminium Components -An Integrated Design Approach
Technical Paper
2002-01-1937
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Event:
Future Car Congress
Language:
English
Abstract
The use of cast aluminium components offers the prospect of substantial weight savings in many modern automotive vehicles. However component designers often do not have the necessary skills or data to optimise the mechanical properties of castings. In the UK, automotive companies, foundries and computer modellers have therefore joined forces to develop design procedures that integrate computer simulation of casting phenomena with in-service stress analysis of the corresponding components. These procedures have been applied to a prototype component to illustrate the substantial improvements that can be attained with this approach.
Recommended Content
Technical Paper | High Strength Materials and Vehicle Weight Reduction Analysis |
Technical Paper | Predicting Crush Response of Automotive Structural Components |
Technical Paper | Numerical Modelling of Metal Forming by SPH with Multi-GPU Acceleration |
Authors
- J. D. James - Dept. of Materials Engrg., University of Wales Swansea
- J. A. Spittle - Dept. of Materials Engrg., University of Wales Swansea
- S. G. R. Brown - Dept. of Materials Engrg., University of Wales Swansea
- I. Pearce - Dept. of Materials Engrg., University of Wales Swansea
- A. P. Firkin
- J. Devlukia
Topic
Citation
James, J., Spittle, J., Brown, S., Pearce, I. et al., "Foresight for Volume Produced Cast Aluminium Components -An Integrated Design Approach," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-1937, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-1937.Also In
References
- Osborne R.J. Penrod D.E. Carpenter J.A. “Design and Production Optimization for Cast Light Metals” Automotive Lightweighting Materials-FY 2000 Progress Report Contract No DE-AC05-84OR21400 39 45 2000
- FEMAP SDRC 411 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 108, Exton, PA 19341 USA
- ANSYS ANSYS, Inc. Southpointe, 275 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15301
- MAVIS Eidawn Software Ltd. The Abbey, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
- Al Meshhedani M. “Structure/property relationship in LM25 aluminium alloy castings” University of Wales Swansea UK 1992
- Wickberg A. Gustafsson G. Larsson L.-E. “Microstructural Effects on the Fatigue Properties of a Cast Al7SiMg Alloy” SAE Technical Paper Series 840121 , SAE International Congress and Exposition Detroit, Michigan, USA Feb 27 March 2 1984
- Spittle J.A. Evans W.J. Brown S.G.R. “Fatigue Design and Optimisation of Aluminium Castings” BCIRA International Conference University of Warwick UK 1995
- Spittle J.A. Brown S.G.R. James J.D. Evans R.W. “Mechanical Properties of Partially Molten Aluminium Alloys,” Proc. 7th International Symposium on Physical Simulation 21-23 January 1997 Tsukuba Japan Suzuki H.G. Sakai T. Matsuda F. NRIM Japan 81 91
- James J.D. Spittle J.A. Brown S.G.R. Evans R.W. Keeble M.E. “ASSET - The Advanced Semi-Solid Elongation Test for Determining Mechanical Properties of Alloys in the Mushy Zone” COMPASS 99 - Component Optimisation from Materials Properties and Simulation Software Evans W.J. Evans R.W. Bache M.R. Proceedings of the 1st International Cconference on Component Optimisation 29 Mar 1 Apr 1999 University of Wales Swansea. 73 80