Ductile iron melt was poured into dry sand molds to make L-shaped castings. Shrinkage appeared near the internal corner of the casting, depending on the casting thickness and riser neck length.
Two types of solidification simulation were performed. In one type solidification rate was assumed to be a direct function of heat loss. In the other type solidification rate was indirectly related to the rate of heat loss through crystal nucleation and growth, and hence, liquid-solid coexisting zones were modeled.
When using the first type of simulation, predictions based on temperature gradient or modified temperature gradient, considering cooling rate, agreed with shirinkage appearance, provided that the critical values of criteria were suitably selected. When using the second type of simulation, which is considered more realistic than the former, predictions based on the progress of solid fraction in the neck and casting agreed with the experiments, provided that the critical solid fraction for feeding through neck was assumed to be 75%.
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