Ultrasonic Cavitation Treatment of Metallic Alloys

• Main Author: Eskin, Dmitry (auth)
• Other Authors: Tzanakis, Iakovos (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; mushy zone; ultrasonic treatment; ingot solidification; ultrasonic melt treatment; unsteady flow phenomena; contactless sonotrode; sump evolution; aluminum alloy; experimental verification; ultrasonic DC casting; zinc; acoustic cavitation; magnesium alloys; ultrasonic bubble clouds; interdependence model; L-shaped ceramic sonotrode; metal solidification; sonoprocessing; acoustic streaming; numerical modelling; induction processing; ultrasound melt processing; aluminium; mathematical model; grain refinement; aluminium alloys; non-linear bubble dynamics; synchrotron X-ray imaging
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This Special Issue scrutinizes the use of ultrasonic-cavitation melt treatment in technology of high-quality metallic alloys with improved mechanical properties, and assesses the driving mechanisms of cavitation-induced effects, such as grain refinement, degassing, wetting, and particle distribution...