Integral foam molding of light metals: technology, foam physics and foam simulation
Koerner, C.
The development of cost-effective techniques to produce metal parts with integrated cellular structure is the newly developed process of integral foam molding. This book shows in three parts the technology, the fundamentals and the simulation models for the Integral Foam Molding of Light Metals. Part I: ‘Technology’ shows for the first time that foaming of metals is possible by applyingmolding techniques very similar to polymer integral foam molding. It introduces and discusses in detail a low pressure and a high pressure process of foam molding. Part II: ‘Physics’ is devoted to the physics of foaming with special emphasis on the very short time scale which is characteristic for integral foam molding. Although very complex in detail, foam formation is shown to underlie simple evolution laws determined by the way how foam stabilization is realized. Part III: ‘Numerical Simulation’ presents a new lattice Boltzmann approachfor the treatment of free surfaces is developed and applied on foam evolutionproblems. Opens an avenue to develop cost-effective techniques of metal foam molding Contains the first approach for a usable simulation Shows for the first time it is shown that integral foaming of metals is possible INDICE: Part I: Technology.- Introduction.- Integral Foam Molding of Metals.- Structure and Properties.- Part II, Physics.- Physics of Foaming.- Evolution Laws.- Endogenous Stabilization.- Part III: Numerical Simulation.- Theoretical Approach.- LBM for Free Surface Flow.- LBM for Foam Evolution
- ISBN: 978-3-540-68838-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés