High pressure die casting process of magnesium alloys and its modeling and simulation for automobile industry (in Chinese)

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2011.01.001

Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2011, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (1): 1-11.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2011.01.001

High pressure die casting process of magnesium alloys and its modeling and simulation for automobile industry (in Chinese)

LIU Bai-Cheng, XIONG Shou-Mei

State Key Laboratory of Automobile Safety and Energy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received:2011-01-10 Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-06-17
About author:LIU Baicheng,Professor from Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University, academician of China Academy of Engineering. He is a member of discipline review team in National Natural Science Foundation of China, honorary director of Foundry Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, vice president of Beijing Institute of Foundry, editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering and International Journal of Cast Metals Research, etc. He has made important contributions to advanced manufacturing, casting, basic research of cast iron solidification, application of ductile iron production technology, etc.

Abstract

Abstract: Magnesium alloy is widely used in aerospace, automobile, and electronic industries and is referred to as the most promising green engineering material for the 21 century due to its lightweight, high specific strength and stiffness, good dumping performance and recyclability. Using magnesium alloy instead of steel or aluminum alloy in automobile industry is one of the effective ways to realize light weighting of automobiles to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission. High-pressure die casting process is the dominant manufacturing process for magnesium structural applications. The experimental study and modeling and simulation on high-pressure die casting process of magnesium alloys as well as development of vacuum die casting technology are important research directions for magnesium alloys. This paper highlights the research progress in experimental study on magnesium die casting process, development of vacuum die casting technology for magnesium alloys, modeling and simulation technologies for high pressure die casting process and their applications for process optimization.

Key words: automobile industry, magnesium alloy, high-pressure die casting, modeling and simulation

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LIU Bai-Cheng, XIONG Shou-Mei. High pressure die casting process of magnesium alloys and its modeling and simulation for automobile industry (in Chinese)[J]. Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy, 2011, 2(1): 1-11.

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