抄録
The objective of this study is to evaluate the stress/strain distribution on a cast aluminum alloy (AC4CH-T6) employing image based nonlinear elasto-plastic finite element analysis. The numerical analysis was performed to simulate a uni-axial tension test. The geometry of the finite element model includes an aluminum matrix, silicon and inter-metallic particles which were obtained by the synchrotron X-ray micro-computed tomography (XMCT) technique. In order to create a proper finite element mesh, the Standard Triangle Language (STL) generated from the XMCT segmented volume was treated to remove geometric and structural irregularities. Results are discussed in terms of the number of elements necessary to accurately represent the stress/strain fields and the necessary computational time to simulate the problem. Additionally, results enabled visualizing the stress/strain distributions, stress concentration, and the stress/strain evolution on the three solids of interest.
