Properties evaluation of A356 and A319 Aluminum alloys under different casting conditions

The property evaluation of Aluminum alloys a quite a challenging task and is an essential one to achieve improved mechanical and metallurgical properties during casting. This paves the way for the present research, in which the casting of commercial A356 and A319 Al alloys have been performed under stationary and vibratory state. The vibrational recurrence has been varied between 0 Hz and 400 Hz with a constant amplitude of 15 μm during casting. Thereafter, the quality of both casted materials has been evaluated by measuring their yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and % elongation. Experimental results revealed that the higher intensity of oscillation improves mechanical properties with the reduced grain size of α-Al. It has been also observed that the fraction of nucleation sites is increased due to the vibration.