U.S.-Finland Cooperative Research: New Techniques for       Ensuring Sound Spheroidal Graphite Iron Castings with BetterYield
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This award will enable Professors John T. Berry and Doru M.                     Stefanescu, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, to collaborate with              Mr. Arno Louvo and Mr. Asko Renkonen, Technical Research Center of              Finland in Espoo.  Associated with these researchers on a                       subcontract are Professors Prateen V. Desai and James G. Hartley,               Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.  The research will examine            new techniques for ensuring sound spheroidal graphite iron castings             with better yields.                                                                                                                                             The aim of the research is to characterize the ways modular iron                alloys solidify and undergo shrinkage.  The researchers hope to                 eliminate cast unsoundness problems and to improve efficiency and               quality in modular castings manufacture.  Data will be collected in             the U.S. and Finland on the interactions of fluid flow, heat                    transfer, and microstructural evolution of the materials as they                affect shrinkage behavior.  A computer simulation model of casting              solidification will be tested and refined, using the data.  The                 research will require the specialized expertise of the cooperating              scientists in computer-aided design, thermal analysis, and                      experimental techniques in nucleation and growth studies on                     iron-based alloys.  The research is an extension of the                         collaborative work already done by the Finnish and American                     researchers.
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