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Macrotransport-solidification kinetics modeling of equiaxed dendritic growth: Part II. Computation problems and validation on INCONEL 718 superalloy castings

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In Part I of the article, a new analytical model that describes solidification of equiaxed dendrites was presented. In this part of the article, the model is used to simulate the solidification of INCONEL 718 superalloy castings. The model was incorporated into a commercial finite-element code, PROCAST. A special procedure called microlatent heat method (MLHM) was used for coupling between macroscopic heat flow and microscopic growth kinetics. A criterion for time-stepping selection in microscopic modeling has been derived in conjunction with MLHM. Reductions in computational (CPU) time up to 90 pct over the classic latent heat method were found by adopting this coupling. Validation of the model was performed against experimental data for an INCONEL 718 superalloy casting. In the present calculations, the model for globulitic dendrite was used. The evolution of fraction of solid calculated with the present model was compared with Scheil’s model and experiments. An important feature in solidification of INCONEL 718 is the detrimental Laves phase. Laves phase content is directly related to the intensity of microsegregation of niobium, which is very sensitive to the evolution of the fraction of solid. It was found that there is a critical cooling rate at which the amount of Laves phase is maximum. The critical cooling rate is not a function of material parameters (diffusivity, partition coefficient,etc.). It depends only on the grain size and solidification time. The predictions generated with the present model are shown to agree very well with experiments.

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Nastac, L., Stefanescu, D.M. Macrotransport-solidification kinetics modeling of equiaxed dendritic growth: Part II. Computation problems and validation on INCONEL 718 superalloy castings. Metall Mater Trans A 27, 4075–4083 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02595656

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