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Numerical modelling of the ultrasonic treatment of aluminium melts: an overview of recent advances

Numerical modelling of the ultrasonic treatment of aluminium melts: an overview of recent advances

Lebon, Bruno, Tzanakis, Iakovos, Pericleous, Koulis ORCID: 0000-0002-7426-9999 and Eskin, Dmitry (2019) Numerical modelling of the ultrasonic treatment of aluminium melts: an overview of recent advances. Materials, 12 (19):3262. ISSN 1996-1944 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12193262)

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Abstract

The prediction of the acoustic pressure field and associated streaming is of paramount importance to ultrasonic melt processing. Hence, the last decade has witnessed the emergence of various numerical models for predicting acoustic pressures and velocity fields in liquid metals subject to ultrasonic excitation at large amplitudes. This paper summarizes recent research, arguably the state of the art, and suggests best practice guidelines in acoustic cavitation modelling as applied to aluminium melts. We also present the remaining challenges that are to be addressed to pave the way for a reliable and complete working numerical package that can assist in scaling up this promising technology.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: numerical modelling, acoustic cavitation, aluminium, ultrasonic melt treatment, non-linear bubble dynamics, sonoprocessing
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis (CNMPA)
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Centre for Numerical Modelling & Process Analysis (CNMPA) > Computational Science & Engineering Group (CSEG)
Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Faculty of Engineering & Science
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2022 13:06
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/25420

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