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Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification

  • Introduces students to new advances in phase field and molecular dynamics modeling and their applications for nucleation theory and grain growth
  • Contains numerous instructive modeling and calculation examples with over 300 illustrations and tables of extended data
  • Includes new chapters on semi-solid and metal matrix composites solidification
  • Synthesizes the information that can be used for engineering calculations pertinent to computational modeling of casting solidification
  • Explains elements of partial differential equations and numerical analysis required to obtain a working knowledge of computational solidification modeling
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Length-Scale in Solidification Analysis

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 1-5
  3. Diffusive Mass Transport at the Macroscale

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 67-88
  4. Diffusive Energy Transport at the Macroscale

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 89-117
  5. Momentum Mass Transport at the Macroscale

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 119-134
  6. Solidification of Single-Phase Alloys; Cells and Dendrites

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 145-196
  7. Solidification of Multicomponent Alloys

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 251-262
  8. Microshrinkage

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 263-281
  9. Rapid Solidification and Amorphous Alloys

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 283-294
  10. Semisolid Processing

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 295-303
  11. Solidification of Metal Matrix Composites

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 305-341
  12. Multiscale Modeling of Solidification

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 343-344
  13. Numerical Macroscale Modeling of Solidification

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 345-377
  14. Numerical Microscale Modeling of Solidification

    • Doru Michael Stefanescu
    Pages 379-434

About this book

The 3rd edition of this popular textbook covers current topics in all areas of casting solidification.  Partial differential equations and numerical analysis are used extensively throughout the text, with numerous calculation examples, to help the reader in achieving a working knowledge of computational solidification modeling. The features of this new edition include: • new chapters on semi-solid  and metal matrix composites solidification • a significantly extended treatment of multiscale modeling of solidification and its applications to commercial alloys • a survey of new topics such as solidification of multicomponent alloys and molecular dynamic modeling • new theories, including a theory on oxide bi-films in the treatment of shrinkage problems • an in-depth treatment of the theoretical aspects of the solidification of the most important commercial alloys including steel, cast iron, aluminum-silicon eutectics, and superalloys • updated tables of material constants.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Materials Science Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Doru Michael Stefanescu

About the author

Professor Doru Michael Stefanescu graduated with a Dipl. Eng. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania in 1965 and obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy from the same institution in 1973.  In 1980 he served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and then joined the University of Alabama where he taught and did research until 2005 when he retired. He continued his scholarly activity as Ashland Designated Research Professor at the Ohio State University till 2010. Professor Stefanescu has conducted 39 Master of Science theses and 17 Philosophy Doctor dissertations. He has authored and co-authored 397 publications. He is a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (1998), the University Transilvania, Brasov, Romania (2001) and Jonkoping University, Sweden (2012). He is a Honorary Professor, University Politehnica, Bucharest, Romania (2006)

Prof. Stefanescu’s research interests include experimental and numerical aspects of solidification processing, influence of low-gravity on solidification, processing of metal-matrix composites, processing of ceramic superconductors, manufacturing technologies and physical metallurgy of cast iron, steel and nonferrous alloys, and cast metals technology. He is recognized as a world expert in cast iron.

Dr. Stefanescu honors and awards include Fellow of the ASM International (1997), the Award for Scientific Merit of the American Foundry Society (2000), the Joseph Seaman Gold Medal of the American Foundry Society (2011), Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences (2012), the John Campbell Medal from the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, United Kingdom (2012).

Dr. Stefanescu is currently Cudworth Professor of Engineering Emeritus, The University of Alabama, and Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification

  • Authors: Doru Michael Stefanescu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15693-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15692-7Published: 08 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33063-1Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15693-4Published: 27 August 2015

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 556

  • Number of Illustrations: 200 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Metallic Materials, Crystallography and Scattering Methods, Solid Mechanics

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Softcover Book USD 89.99
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