
Select the “generated” table generated by the previous step. An interface as shown in Figure 4 will appear. Click the icon “Graph” in “Set extra output” interface as shown in Figure 2, then click the blue “+” symbol to add extra Graph. Note that with this setting, a “generated” table will be created in addition to the Default table. T//sqrt(fs) refers to -dT/d( f s) 1/2, as the syntax // means derivative in Pandat software. From this Table Editor, users can specify and type in properties to output, such as sqrt(fs), -T//sqrt(fs) in this example. Click the blue “+” symbol in Figure 2 to pop out the Table Editor as shown in Figure 3. Click the “Extra Outputs” in Figure 1, a new interface as shown in Figure 2 will appear. Database: PanAl2020_TH+MB.pdb Al_Alloys.sdb.Commercial database of PanAl.pdb including the thermodynamic and mobility data is required to perform the calculation of this example. Users will also learn to set extra output tables with some specified properties and extra output plots from this example. In this example, users will learn how to perform solidification simulation of an Al-Cu-Mg alloy and output the relationship of |dT/d(fs)1/2| vs fs1/2 directly from Pandat, and thus determine the CSI value of the alloy. The CSI criterion has been successfully applied in several Al alloy systems. Kou proposed a criterion to describe the crack susceptibility by using a simple crack susceptibility index (CSI), which is the maximum value of |dT/d(fs)1/2| at fs1/2 < 0.99. Cracking usually generated at the end stage of solidification along grain boundaries. Purpose: Hot tearing or hot cracking is a serious defect occurred in welding and casting solidification.Solidification simulation of an Al-Cu-Mg alloy for hot cracking susceptibility index prediction
