Solidification and Casting of Light Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editor
Interests: light alloys; foundry; numerical simulation of metallurgical processes; heat treatments; surface engineering; high-temperature alloys; solidification
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Dear Colleagues,
The processes of casting and solidification play a key role in determining the final microstructure and characteristics of light alloys. Controlling and optimising these processes can improve the efficiency and application of these materials. Therefore, the careful analysis and design of these processes is essential.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the most recent advancements in technology, featuring modern techniques, structural developments, and the properties of light alloys, such as aluminium, magnesium, and titanium alloys. Papers dealing with experimental, theoretical, and numerical analyses of the casting and solidification processing of light alloys are welcome.
Investigations about the effects of process parameters on the structure, casting defects, and properties of light alloys, together with contributions that use advanced methods to investigate the relationship between structure and the mechanical and functional properties of light alloys, will be included in this Special Issue. Studies devoted to the effects of alloying elements, impurities, and additives (modifiers, grain refiners, reinforcers, etc.) into the melt on the solidification process; the technological properties of light alloys (fluidity, shrinkage, hot tearing, etc.); and the structure and mechanical properties of light alloys are strongly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Giulio Timelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solidification
- casting
- aluminium
- magnesium
- titanium
- microstructure
- casting defects
- solidification modelling
- processing–microstructure–properties relationship
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