Steven Richard Pires de OliveiraDissertação de MestradoOrientador na FEUP: Prof. Doutor Rui Jorge de Lemos NetoOrientador no INEGI: Doutora Inês Vieira de Oliveira Abstract The high pressure die casting process has undergone major advances in recent years, due to its increasing use in the automotive sector. Although aluminum alloys are the most widely used, the
Porosity Control in Copper Rotor Die CastingsE. F. Brush, Jr., S. P. Midson, W. G. Walkington, D. T. Peters and J. G. Cowie Abstract This paper reports on the results of an investigation to minimize and control the distributionof porosity in edge-gated copper rotor die castings. A Flow 3-D computer modelingexercise was used to simulate