Method for automatic quantification of dendrite arm spacing in dendritic microstructures
US8942462B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30116
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method to automatically quantify dendrite arm spacing in dendritic microstructures. Once a location of interest in a cast material specimen has been identified, the information contained in it is automatically analyzed to quantify dendrite cell size information that is subsequently converted into a quantified dendrite arm spacing through an empirical relationship or a theoretical relationship. In one form, the relationship between DCS and DAS is such that the DAS in dendritic structure of cast aluminum alloys may be automatically determined from the measurement of one or more of dendrite cell size and the actual volume fraction of the eutectic phases in the local casting microstructure. Non-equilibrium conditions may be accounted for in situations where a theoretical volume fraction of a eutectic phase of the alloy in equilibrium condition is appropriately modified. Thus, in situations where equilibrium conditions—such as those where the casting is cooled very slowly during solidification—does not apply (such as during rapid cooling and consequent solidification), the eutectic measured in the non-equilibrium condition, which can be smaller than the theoretical value in equilibriu…
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