Over the last 4 decades, remarkable progress has been made in the modelling of casting
processes. The development of casting models is well reflected in the proceedings of the 15 …

Hot tearing is often a major casting defect in magnesium alloys and has a significant impact
on the quality of their casting products. Hot tearing of magnesium alloys is a complex …

The laser–matter interaction and solidification phenomena associated with laser additive
manufacturing (LAM) remain unclear, slowing its process development and optimisation …

To better understand the influence of Fe-rich intermetallics on solidification defect formation,
fast in situ synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy experiments were performed on a …

Laser-matter interactions in laser additive manufacturing (LAM) occur on short time scales
(10− 6–10− 3 s) and have traditionally proven difficult to characterise. We investigate these …

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing of 2XXX series Al alloys could be
used for low volume specialist aerospace components, however, such alloys exhibit hot …

Hot tears can arise during the late part of alloy solidification because of the shrinkage of
isolated liquid as it turns to solid and may have a catastrophic effect on cast tensile …

The scale of solidification microstructures directly impacts micro-segregation, grain size, and
other factors which control strength. Using in situ high speed synchrotron X-ray tomography …

The behaviour of granular solid–liquid mixtures is key when deforming a wide range of
materials from cornstarch slurries to soils, rock and magma flows. Here we demonstrate that …

The evolution of dendritic microstructures during the solidification of a Mg-15 wt% Sn alloy
was investigated in situ via fast synchrotron X-ray microtomography. To enable these in situ …