A Front Tracking Model of the MAXUS-8 Microgravity Solidification Experiment on a Ti-45.5at.%Al-8at.%Nb Alloy
Document Type
Article
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Thermodynamics, Materials engineering
Abstract
On 26th March 2010 the MAXUS-8 sounding rocket was launched from the Esrange Space Center launching facility in Sweden. As part of the Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space Solidification (IMPRESS) project, a solidification experiment was conducted on a Ti-45.5at.%Al-8at.%Nb intermetallic alloy in a module on this rocket. The experiment was designed to investigate columnar and equiaxed microstructures in the alloy. A furnace model of the MAXUS 8 experiment with a Front Tracking Model of solidification has been developed to determine the macrosturcture and thermal history of the samples in the experiment. This paper gives details of results of the front tracking model applied to the MAXUS 8 microgravity experiment. A model for columnar growth is presented and compared to experimental results for furnace A of the experiment module.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/27/1/012020
Recommended Citation
Mooney, R.P. et al.. IOP Conf. Ser: Mater.Sci. Eng. 27, 2012, 012020. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/27/1/012020
Funder
European Space Agency, PRODEX Programme (via Enterprise Ireland)
Publication Details
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
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