Die Casting Process

• Sabau, A.S. and Dinwiddie, R.B., Characterization of spray lubricants for the high pressure die casting processes, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2008, Vol. 195, pp. 267-274.
• Sabau, A.S. and Hatfield E.C. Measurement of Heat Flux and Heat Transfer Coefficient Due to Spray Application for the Die Casting Process, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2007, Vol. 221, pp. 1307-1316.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wu, Z., Evaluation of a Heat Flux Sensor for Spray Cooling for the Die Casting Processes, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2007, Vol. 182, pp. 312-318..
• Sabau, A.S., Measurement of Heat Flux at Metal-Mold Interface during Casting Solidification, International Journal of Cast Metals Research, 2006, Vol. 19, pp. 188-194.
• Hassan, M.I., Kuwana K., Viti V., Sabau, A.S., Saito K., Warm water scale model experiments for magnesium die casting, Magnesium Technology, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006, pp. 139-144.
• Sabau, A.S., Heat fluxes at metal-mold interface during casting solidification, TMS Light Metals, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006, pp. 827-832.
• Sabau, A.S., In-situ Measurements of Heat Flux During Lubricant Spray Application in Die Casting, Accepted for presentation and publication to the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)-CastExpo 2006, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-21, 2006.
• Viti V., Kuwana K., Sabau A.S, Hassan, M., and Saito K., Numerical Simulations of Jet Break-Up Phenomena for the High Pressure Die Casting Process, Materials Processing Fundamentals Symposium, TMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006.
• Sabau, A.S. and Wu, Z., Measurement of Heat Flux During Lubricant Application for the Die Casting Process, North American Die Casting Association (NADCA)-CastExpo 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, April 2005.

Predicting Pattern Tooling and Casting Dimensions for the Investment Casting Process

• Sabau, A.S. and Porter, W.D., Alloy Shrinkage Factors for the Investment Casting of 17-4PH Stainless Steel Parts, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2008, Vol. 39B, pp. 317-330.
• Sabau, A.S., Shrinkage Prediction for the Investment Casting of Stainless Steels, Transactions of American Foundry Society, 2007, Vol. 115, paper 07-042, pp. 281-292.
• Sabau, A.S., Prediction of Alloy Shrinkage Factors for the Investment Casting Process, Transactions of American Foundry Society, 2006, Vol. 114, paper 06-004, pp. .
• Sabau, A.S. Alloy Shrinkage Factors for the Investment Casting Process, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2006, Vol. 37B, pp. 131-140.
• Sabau, A.S. Numerical simulation of the investment casting process, Transactions of American Foundry Society, 2005, Vol. 113, paper 05-160, pp. 407-417.
• Sabau, A.S., Tests for Determining Viscoelastic Properties of Investment Casting Waxes, Investment Casting Institute 52-nd Annual Meeting, Covington, KY, Sept. 19-22, 2004, Paper no. 1. (pdf)
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S., Thermophysical Properties of Zircon and Fused Silica-based Shells used in the Investment Casting Process, Transactions of American Foundry Society, 2004, Vol. 112, paper 04-081, pp. 649 - 661.
• Sabau, A.S., and Viswanathan, S., Material Properties For Predicting Wax Pattern Dimensions In Investment Casting, Materials Science & Engineering A, 2003, Vol. 362A, pp. 125-134.
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S. Temperature Measurements In Wax Patterns And Wax-Die Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficients In Investment Casting, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, 2003, Vol. 111, Paper No. 03-026, pp. 411-417. (pdf)
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S. Prediction Of Wax Pattern Dimensions In Investment Casting, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, 2002, Vol. 110, Paper No. 02-103, pp. 733-746. (pdf)
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S. Critical Material Properties For Predicting Pattern Tooling Dimensions In Investment Casting, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, 2001, Vol. 109, Paper No. 01-017, pp. 1-18, (pdf)
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S. Material Properties for Predicting Wax Pattern Dimensions in Investment Casting, 48th Annual Technical Meeting, Investment Casting Institute, Dallas, TX, Oct. 15-18, 2000, paper no. 4. (pdf),
• Sabau, A.S. and Viswanathan, S. Determining Wax Pattern Dimensions in Investment Casting Using Viscoelastic Models, 49th Annual Technical Meeting, Investment Casting Institute, Orlando, FL, Oct. 7-10, 2001, paper no. 3. (pdf)
• Mpeg simulation movie: Wax deformation during dwell time,

Direct Chill Casting Process

• Kuwana K., Viswanathan S., Clark J.A., Sabau A., Hassan M.I., Saito K., and Das S., Calculation of Heat Transfer Coefficients at the Ingot Surface During DC Casting, in Proceedings of Light Metals 2005, TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 13Ð17, 2005 pp. 989-995.
• Long Z., Han Q., Viswanathan S., Ningileri S., Das S., Kuwana K., Hassan M., Khraisheh M., Sabau A., and Saito K., Integrated 3D Model to Simulate Solidification and Predict Hot Cracking During DC Casting of Aluminum Alloys, in Proceedings of Light Metals 2005, TMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, February 13Ð17, 2005, pp. 1057-1063.
• Sabau, A.S., Kuwana, K., Viswanathan, S., Saito, K., and Davis, L.J., Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions for the Numerical Simulation of the DC Casting Process in Proceedings of Light Metals 2004, TMS Annual Meeting, March 14-18, 2004, Charlotte, NC, Ed. RD Peterson, pp. 597-602.

Prediction of Microporosity Defects during Casting

• Sabau, A.S. Predicting Interdendritic Cavity Defects during Casting Solidification, JOM, 2004, Vol. 56, pp. 54-56.
• Sabau, A.S., and Viswanathan, S., Microporosity prediction in aluminum alloy castings, Metals and Metallurgical Transactions, B, 2002, Vol. 33B, pp. 243-255.
• Viswanathan, S; Sabau, AS; Han, Q; Duncan, AJ, Prediction of microporosity distributions in aluminum alloy castings, Proceedings of the Merton C. Flemings Symposium on Solidification and Materials Processing, (TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA), 2001, pp. 379-384.
• Sabau, A.S., and Viswanathan, S., Microporosity evolution and interdendritic fluid flows during solidification, Computational Modeling of Materials, Minerals and Metals Processing, (TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA), 2001, pp. 725-734.
• Sabau, A.S., and Viswanathan, S., Porosity prediction in aluminum A356 alloy castings, Light Metals 2000, (TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA), 2000, pp. 597-602.
• Sabau, A.S., Han, Q., and Viswanathan, S., Projection Methods for Interdendritic Flows, in Proceedings of Fluid Flow Phenomena in Metals Processing, TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, February 28-March 4, 1999, pp. 403-413.
• Viswanathan, S; Sabau, AS; Han, Q; Duncan, AJ, Modeling of porosity in aluminum alloy castings, Advances in Aluminum Casting Technology, (TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA), 1998, pp. 135-138.
• Viswanathan, S., Duncan, A.J., Sabau A.S., Han, Q., Porter, W.D., and Riemer, B.W. Modeling of Solidification and Porosity in Aluminum Alloy Castings, Transactions American Foundrymen's Society , 1998, paper 98-103, pp. 411-417.
• Viswanathan, S., Duncan, A.J., Sabau, A.S., and Han, Q., Prediction of Microporosity in Aluminum Alloy Castings, Modeling of Casting, Welding, and Advanced Solidification Processes VIII (TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA), 1998, pp. 849-856.
• Viswanathan, S., Sabau, A.S., Han, Q., and Duncan, A.J., Modeling of Porosity in Aluminum Alloy Castings, Proceedings from Materials Solutions Conference '98 on Aluminum Casting Technology, October 12-15, 1998, Rosemont, Illinois, pp. 135-138.