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TMT4215

Casting

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Nucleation and grain refinement, growth morphology of crystals, stability of the liquid/solid interface, dendrites cells, and eutectic structures, micro- and macrosegregation, continuous casting processes and processes for shape castings, castability. Casting alloys. Modelling of solidification and casting

Learning outcome

After completing the course the student should be able to: - Explain basic concepts such as directed and equiaxed solidification, capillary effects, redistribution of alloying elements during solidification and various types of microstructure. - Explain the theory of nucleation, interface structures and morphological stability of the melt / crystal interface and be able to use this theory for simple calculations and prediction of microstructure types. - Explain basic theories for cell growth, dendritic eutectic and peritectural microstructures and be able to calculate simple morphological properties of these structures. - Perform salvage of micro-seeding and solidification paths. - Explain important continuous casting processes: continuous casting of steel, DC casting of aluminum, tape casting, Hazelett and Properzip process. - Explain important casting processes: sand casting, precision casting, castile casting, low and high pressure casting, melt pressing, lost foam and thixo casting and be able to explain the requirements for running, feeders, filters and explain the impact of melt quality. - Evaluate an alloy's castability and recognize important casting defects: fluidity, heat crack, macro-erosion and pore formation. - Explain the composition and properties of some of the most important cast alloys.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, theoretical- and laboratory excercises with the following time distribution: Lectures (56 hours), written exercises (24 hours) and laboratory exercises (15 hours), and self-study hours (105 hours).

Compulsory assignments

  • Excersises
  • Lab report

Further on evaluation

The exam wil be given in english. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral.

Mandatory work: Exercises, need to be passed to take the exam

Course materials

Course litterature, compendiums and textbook

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIK5022 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Materials Science and Engineering
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Date 2025-12-11 Time 09:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL110 hvit sone
6 candidates
Room SL310 turkis sone
1 candidate
Room SL310 hvit sone
5 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.