Abstract
A two-dimensional computational model coupling an annular electromagnetic stirring (A-EMS) with a macroscopic heat and fluid flow analysis in Al-alloys semisolid slurry preparation was developed. The dynamic evolutions of the electromagnetic field, flow field, and temperature field were presented successfully by commercial software ANSYS 10.0 with corresponding experimental verification. A horizontally rotational electromagnetic field and, thereby, a more intensive velocity field were uniformly distributed in the stirred melt even at commercial frequency, and thus, a lower temperature difference in the stirred melt and subsequent uniformly fine microstructures were obtained compared with the normal electromagnetic stirring. The simulation results were in good agreement with experimental ones.
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