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Design optimisation of the feeding system of a novel counter-gravity casting process

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dc.creator Papanikolaou, Michail
dc.creator Pagone, Emanuele
dc.creator Georgarakis, Konstantinos
dc.creator Rogers, Keith
dc.creator Jolly, Mark R.
dc.creator Salonitis, Konstantinos
dc.date 2018-11-13T15:28:28Z
dc.date 2018-11-13T15:28:28Z
dc.date 2018-10-11
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:47Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:47Z
dc.identifier Michail Papanikolaou, Emanuele Pagone, Konstantinos Georgarakis, et al., Design optimisation of the feeding system of a novel counter-gravity casting process. Metals, 2018, Volume 8, Issue 10), Article number 817
dc.identifier 2075-4701
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/met8100817
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13633
dc.identifier 21718576
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182487
dc.description The appropriate design of feeders in a rigging system is critical for ensuring efficient compensation for solidification shrinkage, thus eliminating (shrinkage-related) porosity and contributing to the production of superior quality castings. In this study, a multi-objective optimisation framework combined with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations has been introduced to investigate the effect of the feeders’ geometry on shrinkage porosity aiming to optimise casting quality and yield for a novel counter-gravity casting process (CRIMSON). The weighted sum technique was employed to convert this multi-objective optimisation problem to a single objective one. Moreover, an evolutionary multi-objective optimisation algorithm (NSGA-II) has been applied to estimate the trade-off between the objective functions and support decision makers on selecting the optimum solution based on the desired properties of the final casting product and the process characteristics. This study is one of the first attempts to combine CFD simulations with multi-objective optimisation techniques in counter-gravity casting. The obtained results indicate the benefits of applying multi-objective optimisation techniques to casting processes
dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject sand casting
dc.subject counter-gravity
dc.subject multi-objective optimisation
dc.subject feeding system
dc.title Design optimisation of the feeding system of a novel counter-gravity casting process
dc.type Article


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