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The systematic change of riser size, together with the variation of geometries of solidifying Al-7Si-0.3Mg plate castings, was tested by thermal analysis to model the interdendritic feeding behavior based on Darcy’s law. This law, however, is found to be only applicable to certain thermal conditions in the solidifying casting. The applicability of Darcy’s law depends on the regime of solidification time. A new feeding efficiency parameter integrating all individual ther-mal variables, denoted as(G · t 2/3)Vs (whereG is the thermal gradient,t is local solidification time, and Vs i is solidus velocity), is found satisfactory to predict the formation of porosity. The combined geometries of a casting and its riser size exert a great influence on the thermal vari-ables of Al-7Si-0.3Mg alloy in a complicated way. Together, these thermal variables synergize to govern the feeding behavior of the casting.
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Lee, Y.W., Chang, E. & Chieu, C.F. Modeling of feeding behavior of solidifying Al-7Si-0.3Mg alloy plate casting. Metall Trans B 21, 715–722 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02654250
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