An Improved Constitutive Model for the Numerical Simulation of Semi-Solid Thixoforming
English
Koeune, Roxane[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > LTAS-Mécanique numérique non linéaire >]
Ponthot, Jean-Philippe[Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'aérospatiale et mécanique > LTAS-Mécanique numérique non linéaire >]
2008
Proceedings of ACOMEN’2008, Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering
Editors: M. Hogge, R. Van Keer, L. Noels, L. Stainier, J.-P. Ponthot, J.-F. Remacle, E. Dick
10 pages
International
Fourth International Conference on Advanced COmputational Methods in ENgineering (ACOMEN 2008)
26-28 May 2008
Liège
Belgium
[en] constitutive model ; numerical simulation ; semi-solid thixoforming
[en] In order to model thixoforming processes, previous papers presented a thermo-mechanical one-phase modelling. This first version of constitutive model revealed several limitations: the model could not degenerate properly to pure solid or liquid behaviour neither to free solid suspensions.
The aim of this paper was to propose solutions to overcome these limitations.