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A two-dimensional cellular automaton model has been developed to simulate the process of microstructure evolution of K4169 superalloy blade produced by investment casting. The dynamic process of grain-structure formation of the blade castings without chemical refiner or with refiner during solidification can be observed real-time on the computer. A CA model coupling micro-kinetics with macro-thermal transfer is adopted to calculate the feature of grain microstructure. The results show that the simulated grain structure is in good agreement with optical micrographs.
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Yan, X., Zhao, Z., Yan, W., Liu, L. (2005). Microstructure Evolution of the K4169 Superalloy Blade Based on Cellular Automaton Simulation. In: Wang, L., Chen, K., Ong, Y.S. (eds) Advances in Natural Computation. ICNC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3612. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11539902_124
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