镁合金消失模铸造充型过程中模样-金属界面行为的研究

通过直接观察充型过程和金属充型速度的标准方差分析技术研究了抽真空条件下镁合金消失模铸造充型过程中模样-金属界面行为。结果表明：在镁合金的浇注温度下，泡沫模样主要熔解为液态产物。在不抽真空时充型过程主要受模样-金属问热解产物的排除控制，金属前沿充型平稳并呈微凸形，充型速度很小并持续降低。然而，在抽真空条件下金属充型更多地受模样-金属界面处模样分解控制，金属前沿极不平稳并呈不规则的凹形，在充型过程中金属的充型速度变化很大并且无明显的规律可循。金属的充型速度随真空度提高而迅速增大，真空度与浇注温度对充型速度的影响具有很强的交互作用；进一步提高真空度，浇注温度成为影响充型过程最重要的因素，而真空度以及真空度与浇注温度的交换作用对充型速度的影响大为减弱。基于以上研究，提出了负压条件下镁合金消失模铸造充型过程中模样-金属界面处模样的热解和热解产物的排除行为模型。

INVESTIGATION OF FOAM-METAL INTERFACE BEHAVIORS DURING MOLD FILLING OF MAGNESIUM ALLOY LFC PROCESS

The visual observation of the mold filling and the standard analysis-of-variance (ANOVA) for the velocity of the filling metal are conducted to study foam-metal interface behaviors during the mold filling of the lost foam casting (LFC) process of the magnesium alloy. Results show that the foam primarily melts into liquid products instead of gasifying at the pouring temperature of the magnesium alloy. Without the vacuum, the metal fills smoothly with a slightly convex metal front, and the velocity of the filling metal is low and continually decreases as the foam is displaced. The mold filling is governed by the removal of foam decomposition products at the foam-metal interface. However, when the vacuum is applied, the mold filling is controlled by the foam decomposition rate at the foam-metal interface. A pronounced irregular and concave metal front is formed. The velocity of the metal front varies tremendously during the mold filling process and is ruleless. The metal velocity increases rapidly, and the vacuum shows a strong interaction effect with the pouring temperature on the metal velocity. As the vacuum continues to increase, the pouring temperature becomes the most significant factor for the mold filling, while both the vacuum effect and the interaction effect between the vacuum and the pouring temperature on the metal velocity are substantially reduced. Based on experimental results, a model for the foam thermal degradation and the removal of decomposition products occurred at the foam-metal interface is presented during the mold filling of the magnesium alloy LFC process under the vacuum.