Experimental Study on Casting Design and Manufacturing of Steering Knuckle / (Record no. 612424)
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| fixed length control field | 02734nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 670 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | ABDUL AHAD, |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Experimental Study on Casting Design and Manufacturing of Steering Knuckle / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | ABDUL AHAD |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Islamabad : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | SMME- NUST; |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 157p. |
| Other physical details | Soft Copy |
| Dimensions | 30cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | The steering knuckle is a vital component in vehicles, serving as the crucial link between the<br/>suspension system, steering mechanism, wheel hub, and vehicle chassis. To produce a defect free<br/>mass production of complex shape components like steering knuckle various parameters are<br/>involved. In this study we have only worked on the elimination of the major defects like porosity,<br/>shrinkage, air traps, cold shuts, hot tears and sand inclusion. All these defects are due to improper<br/>feeding of metal in mold cavity. Designing effective gating systems and selection of casting shape<br/>and casting allowance for sand casting is a prolonged and resource-intensive process which<br/>results in sound casting. Traditional trial-and-error methods often result in suboptimal designs<br/>which may not be the best one, leading to increased costs and casting defects. The steering<br/>knuckle used for experimentation is composed of SG Cast Iron. This research aims to develop an<br/>optimized gating system for steering knuckle production through the application of casting<br/>simulation software, Altair Inspire. By implementing methodologies and mathematical modeling,<br/>results visualization and selective design strategies through simulation and experiments this<br/>project seeks to predict casting behavior, minimize shrinkage, and enhance yield. This is done to<br/>reduce the rejection rate of casting production of steering knuckle in a foundry. The produced<br/>steering knuckles must be fully free from porosity, cold shuts and sand inclusion. Moreover, by<br/>performing few experiments and vast number of simulation iterations of gating system design<br/>and casting cavity of product for filling and solidification of mold in ideal and worst conditions<br/>to get accurate results. The simulations were carried out and molten metal flow and simulation<br/>results are observed by filling and solidification modules of software. The purpose of this study<br/>is to create the most efficient and reliable gating system design with best fit casting of product,<br/>implementing unidirectional solidification that ensures the sound castings process production of<br/>steering knuckle while fine-tuning the resource utilization. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | MS Design and Manufacturing Engineering |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Supervisor : Dr. Shahid Ikramullah Butt |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/48465">http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/48465</a> |
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| Withdrawn status | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type |
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| School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME) | School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (SMME) | E-Books | 12/24/2024 | 670 | SMME-TH-1102 | Thesis |