1. From the Editor

   • Thomas Prucha

   Editorial 21 December 2023 Pages: 1 - 4

   

2. 2024 IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition: Call for Submissions

   Announcement 28 December 2023 Pages: 5 - 5

3. The Effect of Cooling Rate on the Microstructure and Physical Properties of Hypereutectic Al–Ce Alloys

   • Swaroop Kumar Behera
   • Jenna Van Hoogstraten
   • Pradeep Rohatgi

   Technical Paper 26 October 2023 Pages: 6 - 13

   

4. Real-Time Measurement of Mold and Core Quality in Chemically Bonded Sands

   • Nathaniel C. Bryant
   • Jacob L. O’Dell
   • Gerard R. Thiel

   Technical Paper 01 December 2023 Pages: 14 - 22

   

5. IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition

   • Keaton R. Allen
   • Jacob A. Belke

   OriginalPaper 07 November 2023 Pages: 23 - 29

   

6. IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition

   • Connor Sims
   • Benjamin Sorkin
   • Michael P. Moodispaw

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2023 Pages: 30 - 34

   

7. IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition

   • Anna Carnahan
   • Sophia Stivala

   OriginalPaper 16 November 2023 Pages: 35 - 39

   

8. IJMC/FEF Student Research Competition

   • Ryan Rios
   • Luis Trueba Jr.

   OriginalPaper 19 November 2023 Pages: 40 - 45

   

9. Development of High-Ductility and Low-Hot-Tearing-Susceptibility Non-heat Treatment Al–Mg–Mn-Based Die Casting Alloy for Automotive Structural Parts

   • Yoshihiro Nagata
   • Kiyotaka Kato
   • Makoto Yoshida

   Technical Paper 16 May 2023 Pages: 46 - 59

   

10. Effect of As-cast Surface on Oxidation Behavior of High-Si Ductile Irons

    • Simon Lekakh
    • Asebi Bofah
    • Mei Li

    Technical Paper 30 May 2023 Pages: 60 - 68

    

11. Effect of Vacuum on Die Filling in High Pressure Die Casting: Water Analog, Process Simulation and Casting Validation

    • Nicole Trometer
    • Larry A. Godlewski
    • Alan A. Luo

    Technical Paper 15 April 2023 Pages: 69 - 85

    

12. Effect of Ultrasonic Agitation Time on Properties of Steel Fiber-Reinforced Investment Casting Shells

    • Zhicheng Feng
    • Kai Lv
    • Yanfen Li

    Technical Paper 12 March 2023 Pages: 86 - 98

    

13. Joining of Cast Iron and Phosphor Bronze Through Liquid–Solid Interaction: Effect of Ni and Cu Coating on Interfacial Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Bimetallic Composites

    • Pavan Kalyan Kota
    • T. K. Amogh
    • M. Govindaraju

    Technical Paper 12 March 2023 Pages: 99 - 112

    

14. The Effect of Wall Thickness on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties on Squeeze Casting of Al–5Mg–2.2Si–0.6Mn–0.1Ce Alloy

    • Shu Zhu
    • Yi Yang
    • Fan Liu

    Technical Paper 13 March 2023 Pages: 113 - 122

    

15. Study on Semisolid Rheo-Diecasting Process, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg-6Al-1Ca-0.5Sb Alloy with High Solid Fraction

    • Yuanhao Gu
    • Feng Wang
    • Zheng Liu

    Technical Paper 15 March 2023 Pages: 123 - 137

    

16. Wettability and Interfacial Heat Transfer During Solidification of Al–Si Alloy (A413) Melt Droplets on Metallic Substrates

    • K. M. Shamil
    • D. Kamala Nathan
    • K. N. Prabhu

    Technical Paper 15 March 2023 Pages: 138 - 146

    

17. Microstructure and Hardness Properties of Beryllium Bronze with Lanthanum Addition Fabricated by Rheological Squeeze Casting Process

    • Wenjing Gao
    • Shuming Xing
    • Hongji Sun

    Technical Paper 16 March 2023 Pages: 147 - 158

    

18. Numerical Simulation and Optimization of Investment Casting for Complex Thin-walled Castings

    • Zeyuan Xiao
    • Zhaozhao Lv
    • Shengquan Dong

    Technical Paper 16 March 2023 Pages: 159 - 179

    

19. Effect of Load, Sliding Velocity, and Reinforcements on Wear Characteristics of Al7075-Based Composite and Nanocomposites Fabricated by Ultrasonic-Assisted Stir-Casting Technique

    • Prashant Suresh Tile
    • Benedict Thomas

    Technical Paper 17 March 2023 Pages: 180 - 195

    

20. Simulation on Temperature in Channel of Three-Phase Induction Channel Furnace for Steel Melting Using COMSOL Multiphysics and Taguchi Method

    • Myong-Hae Kwon
    • Hak-Myong Song
    • Won-Chol Yang

    Technical Paper 20 March 2023 Pages: 196 - 211

    

21. Development and Characterization of Aluminium AA7075 Hybrid Composite Foams (AHCFs) Using SiC and TiB₂ Reinforcement

    • Nitish Kumar Singh
    • Balaguru Sethuraman

    Technical Paper 22 March 2023 Pages: 212 - 227

    

22. Reclamation of Waste Sand Generated from 3D Printer

    • Harsh H. Upadhyay
    • Onkar E. Patil
    • Nilesh T. Mohite

    Technical Paper 24 March 2023 Pages: 228 - 240

    

23. Correction: Reclamation of Waste Sand Generated from 3D Printer

    • Harsh H. Upadhyay
    • Onkar E. Patil
    • Nilesh T. Mohite

    Correction 06 April 2023 Pages: 241 - 241

24. Effect of Mn Addition to Al–Si Alloy on the Layer Formed at the Interface with Cast Iron in Compound Casting

    • Kyoung-Min Min
    • Je-Sik Shin
    • Jeong-Min Kim

    Technical Paper 26 March 2023 Pages: 242 - 250

    

25. Effect of Sn Addition on in vitro Degradation and wear Behaviour of AZ31-xSn/1.5TiO₂ Composites in Simulated Body Fluid

    • K. Thoufiq Mohammed
    • K. Manisekar

    Technical Paper 29 March 2023 Pages: 251 - 268

    

26. Effect of Complex Modifier on Properties of Heat-Hardened Sodium Silicate-Bonded Sand for Castings Production

    • Lixing Song
    • Xueshan Du
    • Yufu Sun

    Technical Paper 03 April 2023 Pages: 269 - 277

    

27. Solidification Characteristics of Ex situ Particulate-Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites

    • Saeed Farahany
    • Hamidreza Ghandvar
    • Nur Azmah Nordin

    Technical Paper 04 April 2023 Pages: 278 - 291

    

28. Effects of Addition of Yttrium on the Microstructure, Compression Properties and Corrosion Resistance of Injection Molding AZ91D-1.6Ca Magnesium Alloy

    • Xin Song
    • Yong Hu
    • Zhijie Yan

    Technical Paper 05 April 2023 Pages: 292 - 302

    

29. Performance Analysis of Metaheuristic Optimizers on the Estimation of the Interfacial Heat Transfer Coefficient in Aluminum–Silicon Permanent Mold Casting

    • Gianfranco de M. Stieven
    • Daniele S. Stieven
    • Erb F. Lins

    Technical Paper 10 April 2023 Pages: 303 - 330

    

30. Investigation of Intermetallic Phase Fractions and Dry-corrosive Wear Properties in Mg–Al–Si Ternary Alloy

    • Bunyamin Cicek
    • Levent Elen
    • Yavuz Sun

    Technical Paper 10 April 2023 Pages: 331 - 342

    

31. A CALPHAD-Based Investigation of the Sludge Factor

    • Erik Granhed
    • Alessandro De Mori
    • Greta Lindwall

    Technical Paper Open access 12 April 2023 Pages: 343 - 351

    

32. Ranking Analysis of AA7075-Cr Alloy Composites Based on Physical, Mechanical, and Sliding wear Assessment Using Hybrid ENTROPY-VIKOR Approach

    • Ashiwani Kumar
    • Mukesh Kumar
    • Piyush Chandra Verma

    Technical Paper 12 April 2023 Pages: 352 - 372

    

33. Damping Behaviour of High Silicon Nodular Cast Iron

    • Inês Pereira
    • Vítor Anjos
    • Rámon Suarez

    Technical Paper Open access 12 April 2023 Pages: 373 - 389

    

34. Effect of Processing Parameters of Rheocast on Mechanical Properties of Al–10.5Si–1.7Cu Alloy

    • Sujeet Kumar Gautam
    • Himadri Roy
    • Sudip Kumar Samanta

    Technical Paper 13 April 2023 Pages: 390 - 402

    

35. Effect of Intermetallic Phases and Compounds on the Compressive Behavior and Fracture Mechanism of Al–Si–Zn Foams

    • M. R. Farahani
    • H. R. Rezaei Ashtiani
    • S. Elahi

    Technical Paper 16 April 2023 Pages: 403 - 416

    

36. Effect of Cu/Mg Ratio on the Intermetallic Compound and Hot Tearing Susceptibility of Al–Cu–Mg Alloys

    • Chunyu Yue
    • Bowen Zheng
    • Xiaoguang Yuan

    Technical Paper 16 April 2023 Pages: 417 - 430

    

37. Microstructural and mechanical properties of in-situ ZrB₂/Al7068 nanocomposites synthesized by ultrasonic-assisted stir casting technique

    • Nitish Raja
    • Nitin Kumar
    • Gaurav Gautam

    Technical Paper 17 April 2023 Pages: 431 - 444

    

38. Effects of New Grain Refiner AlCrNiTi on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Al–7Si-Based Alloy

    • Jiao Zhang
    • Zhaobo Qiao
    • Yefeng Lan

    Technical Paper 19 April 2023 Pages: 445 - 456

    

39. Study on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of ZrB₂/AA6111 Particle-Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites by Friction Stir Processing and Heat Treatment

    • Sun Caizhi
    • Li Hui
    • Shcheretskyi Volodymyr

    Technical Paper 21 April 2023 Pages: 457 - 469

    

40. Improving the Soundness of Al–Mg-Based Castings Through Chemical Inoculation and Process Optimization

    • Abdul Wahid Shah
    • Seong-Ho Ha
    • Shae K. Kim

    Technical Paper 21 April 2023 Pages: 470 - 479

    

41. On the Development of Dual Graphite Iron as a Functionally Graded Material

    • S. Boonmee
    • S. Rassamipat

    Technical Paper 21 April 2023 Pages: 480 - 493

    

42. Effect of Ceramic Powder on the Performance of Composite Water-Soluble Salt Cores: Comparison of Experimental Data and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    • Xue-ting Wang
    • Lai Song
    • Xuan-yu Liu

    Technical Paper 25 April 2023 Pages: 494 - 504

    

43. Useful Steps Recommended for the Production of Thick-Walled Duplex Stainless Steel Casting

    • Barundeb Raha

    Technical Communication 26 April 2023 Pages: 505 - 511

    

44. Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure, Mechanical, and Corrosion Properties of Squeeze Cast Al 319.0 Alloy

    • Yogendra Mahton
    • Vibhav Jha
    • Partha Saha

    Technical Paper 28 April 2023 Pages: 512 - 529

    

45. Effect of Molybdenum Contents on Microstructure and High-Temperature Wear Behavior of SiMo Ductile Iron

    • Dawlat M. Abdelrahim
    • Ebtesam E. Ateia
    • Adel A. Nofal

    Technical Paper Open access 02 May 2023 Pages: 530 - 545

    

46. Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of aluminium matrix composites reinforced with CoMoMnNiV high-entropy alloy

    • Pradip Kumar Verma
    • Alok Singh

    Technical Paper 03 May 2023 Pages: 546 - 563

    

47. Multiphase Flow Simulation and Experimental Validation of Cooling Slope Rheoprocessing of A380 Alloy

    • Prosenjit Das

    Technical Paper 04 May 2023 Pages: 564 - 583

    

48. Tensile Properties Enhancement Response of A413 and A356 Aluminum Casting Alloys to Direct Water Spray Processing

    • Ali Kheirabi
    • Mohammad Pourgharibshahi
    • Mehdi Divandari

    Technical Paper 04 May 2023 Pages: 584 - 599

    

49. Machinability of High Mn Steel Using Tool Life Criteria

    • Dika Handayani
    • Victor F. Okhuysen
    • Nicole Wagner

    Technical Paper Open access 04 May 2023 Pages: 600 - 607

    

50. Formation of the Primary Second Phases and their Influence on the Mechanical Properties of an as-Cast Al–Li–Mg Alloy with Multi-Microalloying (Sc, Zr, Er and Ti)

    • Shenchen Zhang
    • Jiangang Yao
    • Andrej Atrens

    Technical Paper 08 May 2023 Pages: 608 - 619