MSU ME Bagley College of Engineering at MSU Mississippi State University

Sergio D. Felicelli

Sergio D. Felicelli

Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Mail Stop 9552, 210 Carpenter Building
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Telephone: (662) 325-1201
Fax: (662) 325-7223
E-mail: felicelli@me.msstate.edu

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SPECIALTY AREAS

Solidification Modeling, Computational Mechanics, Finite Elements, Heat and Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Stress Analysis Back to top

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Dr. Felicelli’s research is in the area of computational modeling of solidification phenomena, with particular application to solidification processes relevant to the aerospace and automotive industries.  Dr. Felicelli is the author of the finite element code MULTIA, which is used to simulate the formation of solidification defects like macrosegregation and porosity in multicomponent alloys.

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RESEARCH FUNDING


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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. H. Yin and S.D. Felicelli, “Dendrite growth simulation during solidification in the LENS process”, Acta Materialia, in press (2009).
  2. U.K. Sajja and S.D. Felicelli, “Meshless methods in thermosolutal convection and macrosegregation”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, in press (2009).
  3. H. Yin and S.D. Felicelli, “A cellular automaton model for dendrite growth in magnesium alloy AZ91”, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 17, p. 075011 (2009).
  4. C.M. Pita and S.D. Felicelli, “Fluid-solid interaction problems with thermal convection using the immersed element-free Galerkin method”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 10.1002/fld.2006, (Feb 2009).
  5. C.M. Pita and S.D. Felicelli, “A fluid-structure interaction method for highly deformable solids”, Computer and Structures, in press (2009).
  6. R.L. Lett, S.D. Felicelli, R. Cuesta, J.T. Berry, D. Losua, “Confluence welds in aluminum castings”, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, vol. 117, pp. 131-138 (2009).
  7. L. Wang, P. Pratt, S.D. Felicelli, H. El Kadiri, J.T. Berry, P.T. Wang, M.F. Horstemeyer, “Pore formation in laser-assisted powder deposition process”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, in press (2009).
  8. S.D. Felicelli, L. Wang, C.M. Pita, E. Escobar de Obaldia, “A model for gas microporosity in aluminum and magnesium alloys”,  Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol. 40B, pp. 169-181 (2009).
  9. L. Wang, S.D. Felicelli, J.E. Craig, “Experimental and numerical study of the LENS rapid fabrication process”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 131(4), 041019 (2009).
  10. P. Pratt, S.D. Felicelli, L. Wang, C.R. Hubbard, “Residual stress measurement of LENS AISI 410 thin plates using neutron diffraction”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol. 39, issue 13, pp. 3155-3163 (2008).
  11. L.Wang, S.D. Felicelli, P. Pratt: “Residual stresses in LENS-deposited AISI 410 stainless steel plates”, Materials Science and Engineering A, v. 496, pp. 234-241 (2008).
  12. J.C. Heinrich, U.K. Sajja, S.D. Felicelli, D.G. Westra, “Projection method for flows with large local density gradients. Application to dendritic solidification”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 57 (9), pp. 1211-1226 (2008).
  13. H. Yin, S.D. Felicelli, L. Wang, “Comparison of 2D and 3D thermal models of the LENS process”, Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 130, issue 10, pp. 102101 (2008).
  14. S. Poola, S.D. Felicelli, S. Legget, J.T. Berry: “A re-examination of factors affecting porosity gradients in unidirectionally solidified samples”, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, vol. 116, pp. 157-168 (2008).
  15. L. Wang, S.D. Felicelli, Y. Gooroochurn, P.T. Wang and M.F. Horstemeyer, “Optimization of the LENS process for steady molten pool size”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 474, pp. 148-156 (2008).
  16. H.E. Kadiri, L. Wang, M.F. Horstemeyer, R.S. Yassar, S. Felicelli, P.T. Wang, “Phase Transformations in Low Alloy Steel Laser Deposits”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 494, pp. 10-20 (2008).
  17. L. Wang and S.D. Felicelli, “Process modeling in laser deposition of multilayer SS410 steel”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, v. 129, pp. 1028-1034 (2007).
  18. S.D. Felicelli, E. Escobar de Obaldia and C.M. Pita, “Simulation of hydrogen porosity during solidification”, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, vol. 115, paper 07-078, pp. 1-13 (2007).
  19. E. Escobar de Obaldia and S.D. Felicelli, “Quantitative prediction of microporosity in aluminum alloys”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 191, pp. 265-269 (2007).
  20. S.D. Felicelli, S. Seraphin and D.R. Poirier, “A numerical model to simulate precipitate growth and ripening in oxygen-implanted silicon-on-insulator materials”, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 14, pp. 1197-1210 (2006).
  21. L. Wang and S.D. Felicelli, “Analysis of thermal phenomena in LENSTM deposition”, Materials Science and Engineering A, vol. 435-436, pp. 625-631 (2006).
  22. C. Frueh, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “On the length-scale and location of channel nucleation in directional solidification”, Materials Science and Engineering A., vol. 345, pp. 72-80 (2003).
  23. P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Continuum model for predicting microporosity in steel castings”, Modelling and Simulation in Material Science and Eng., vol.. 10, pp. 551-568 (2002).
  24. C. Frueh, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Predicting Freckle-Defects in Directionally Solidified Pb-Sn Alloys”, Materials Science and Engineering A., vol. 328, pp. 245-255 (2002).
  25. S.D. Felicelli and D.R. Poirier, “Numerical Simulation of the Filling of Thin Section Castings”, American Foundry Society Transactions, Vol. 110, pp. 211-222 (2002).
  26. P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Simulating the Initiation of a Channel during Directional Solidification of a Superalloy”,  Metall. and Mat. Trans., Vol. 32A, pp. 202-207 (2001).
  27. P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, S.D. Felicelli, E.J. Poirier, and A. Ahmed, “Simulations of microporosity in IN718 equiaxed investment castings”, J. Crystal Growth, Vol. 226, pp. 363-377 (2001).
  28. D.R. Poirier, P.K. Sung, and S.D. Felicelli, “A Continuum Model of Microporosity in an Aluminum Casting Alloy”, American Foundry Society Transactions, Vol. 109, pp. 379-395 (2001).
  29. P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Sensitivity of Mesh Spacing on Simulating Macrosegregation during Directional Solidification of a Superalloy”, Int. J. Num. Meth. Fluids, Vol. 35, pp. 357-370 (2001).
  30. C.Frueh, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Effect of Computational Domain Size on the Mathematical Modeling of Transport Processes During Directional Solidification”, Metall. and Mat. Trans.A, Vol. 31A,  pp. 3129-3135  (2000).
  31. S.D. Felicelli, D.R. Poirier and P.K. Sung, “A Finite Element Model for Prediction of Pressure and Redistribution of Gas Forming Elements in Multicomponent Casting Alloys”, Metall. and Mat. Trans. B, Vol. 31B, pp. 1283-1292  (2000).
  32. S.D. Felicelli, D.R. Poirier, and J.C. Heinrich, "Modeling Freckle Formation in Three Dimensions during Solidification of Multicomponent Alloys", Metall. and Mat. Trans. B, vol. 29B, pp. 847-855 (1998).
  33. S.D. Felicelli, J.C. Heinrich, and D.R. Poirier, "Three-Dimensional Simulations of Freckles in Binary Alloys", J. Cryst. Growth, vol. 191, pp. 879-888 (1998).
  34. S.D. Felicelli, P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, and J.C. Heinrich, “Transport Properties and Transport Phenomena in Casting Nickel Superalloys”, Int. J. of Thermophysics, vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 1657-1669 (1998).
  35. S.D. Felicelli, J.C. Heinrich, and D.R. Poirier, “Finite Element Analysis of Directional Solidification of Multicomponent Alloys”, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids, vol. 27, pp. 207-227 (1998).
  36. S.D. Felicelli, D.R. Poirier, and J.C. Heinrich, “Macrosegregation patterns in multicomponent Ni-base alloys”,  Journal of Crystal Growth, vol. 177, pp. 145-161 (1997).
  37. S.D. Felicelli, D.R. Poirier, A.F. Giamei, and J.C. Heinrich, “Simulation of Convection and Macrosegregation in Superalloys”, Journal of Metals, vol. 49(3), pp. 21-25 (1997).
  38. S.D. Felicelli, J. C. Heinrich and D. R. Poirier, "Numerical Model for Dendritic Solidification of Binary Alloys", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, vol. 23, pp. 461-481 (1993).
  39. S.D. Felicelli, J.C. Heinrich and D.R. Poirier, "Freckles in Directional Solidification of Binary Alloys", Latin American Applied Research, vol. 21, pp. 209-216 (1991).
  40. S.D. Felicelli, J.C. Heinrich and D.R. Poirier, "Simulation of Freckles During Vertical Solidification of Binary Alloys, Metall. Trans. B, vol. 22 B, pp. 847-859 (1991).
  41. J.C. Heinrich, S.D. Felicelli and D. R. Poirier, "Vertical Solidification of Dendritic Binary Alloys", Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., vol. 89, pp. 435-461 (1991).
  42. P.J. Nandapurkar, D.R. Poirier, J.C. Heinrich and S.D. Felicelli, "Thermosolutal Convection During Dendritic Solidification of Alloys: Part I.  Linear Stability Analysis", Metall. Trans. B, vol. 20B, pp. 711‑721 (1989).
  43. J.C. Heinrich, S.D. Felicelli, P.J. Nandapurkar, and D.R. Poirier, "Thermosolutal Convection During Dendritic Solidification of Alloys: Part II.  Nonlinear Convection", Metall. Trans. B, vol. 20B, pp. 883‑891 (1989).
  44. D.R. Poirier, P. Nandapurkar, J. C. Heinrich and S.D. Felicelli, "Convection During Directional Solidification of Dendritic Alloys, Materials Science Forum, vol. 50, pp. 65‑78 (1989).

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. L. Wang, H. Rhee, S.D. Felicelli, A. Sabau, J.T. Berry, “Oxide films and porosity defects in Mg alloy AZ91”, Shape Casting: The 3rd International Symposium, eds. J. Campbell, P.N. Crepeau and M. Tiryakioglu, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp. 123-130.
  2. C.M. Pita and S.D. Felicelli, “Applications of the immersed element-free Galerkin method”, Mecanica Computacional,  edited by A. Cardona, M. Storti and C. Zuppa,  AMCA (Associacion Argentina de Mecanica Computacional), 2008, Vol. XXVII, pp. 541-561.
  3. H. Yin and S.D. Felicelli, “Simulation of microstructure evolution during solidification of magnesium alloys”, Materials Processing Fundamentals, edited by P. Anyalebechi, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society),  2009,  Warrendale, PA, pp. 627-634.
  4. L. Wang, P. Pratt, S.D. Felicelli, H. El Kadiri, J.T. Berry, P.T. Wang, M.F. Horstemeyer ” Experimental analysis of porosity formation in laser-assisted powder deposition process”, Supplemental Proceedings: Volume 1: Fabrication, Materials Processing and Properties, TMS, 2009, Warrendale, PA, pp. 389-396.
  5. L. Wang, H. Rhee, S.D. Felicelli, A. Sabau, J.T. Berry, “Interdependence between cooling rate, microstructure and porosity in Mg alloy AE42”, Magnesium Technology, eds. E.A. Nyberg, S.R. Agnew, N.R. Neelameggham and M.O. Pekguleryuz, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp. 249-253.
  6. S. Felicelli, J. Berry, R. Cuesta, R. Luck, R. Lett: “An international collaboration for the study of defects in castings”, 2008 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Paper AC 2008-1190, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22 - 25, 2008.
  7. L. Wang, S. Felicelli, J. Craig, “Thermal modeling and experimental validation in the LENS process”, Proceedings of SFF 2007 – 18th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas (U.S.A.), August 6-8, 2007, pp. 100-111.
  8. H. Yin, S. Felicelli, L. Wang, “Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer in the Molten Pool of LENS Processes”,  Materials Processing Fundamentals, edited by P. Anyalebechi, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2008, pp. 261-270.
  9. S. Felicelli, C. Pita and E. Escobar de Obaldia, “Modeling the onset and evolution of hydrogen pores during solidification”, Shape Casting: The 2nd International Symposium, edited by P. Crepeau, M. Tiryakioglu and J. Campbell, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), ISBN: 978-0-87339-660-8, 2007, pp. 201-208.
  10. L. Wang and S. Felicelli, “Influence of process parameters on the phase transformation and consequent hardness induced by the LENS process”, Materials Processing Fundamentals, edited by P. Anyalebechi, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), ISBN: 978-0-87339-674-5, published 05/01/2007, pp. 63-72.
  11. L. Wang, S. Felicelli, Y. Gooroochurn, P.T. Wang, M.F. Horstemeyer, “Numerical simulation of the temperature distribution and solid-phase evolution in the LENS process”, Proceedings of SFF 2006 – 17th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas (U.S.A.), August 2006, pp. 453-463.
  12. E. Escobar de Obaldia and S.D. Felicelli, “Numerical modeling of microporosity during solidification”, ICNAAM – International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2006, T.E. Simos, G. Psihoyios, Ch. Tsitouras, edts., Wiley-VCH Verlag,  GmbH&Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, ISBN: 3-527-40743-X, pp. 105-108, 2006.
  13. L. Wang and S.D. Felicelli, “Study of heat transfer mechanisms during the LENS process”, AMPT- Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, paper TAI5-253, Las Vegas, NV, July 30 – August 3,  2006.
  14. Felicelli, S.D. and Poirier D.R., “Modelling of solidification and filling of thin-section castings”, 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, paper HT2005-72682, July 17-22, 2005.
  15. S.D. Felicelli, D.R. Poirier, and P.K. Sung, “Numerical simulation of macrosegregation and microporosity during solidification of alloys” (in Spanish), in Proceedings of Jornadas SAM 2000, pp. 61-68, Argentine Society of Metals, August 16-18, 2000, Neuquen, Argentina.
  16. P.K. Sung, D.R. Poirier, and S.D. Felicelli, “Channel convection and formation of freckles”, proceedings of 11° Congreso sobre Métodos Numéricos y sus Aplicaciones, ENIEF’2000, pp. 225-230, Bariloche, Argentina, November 20-24, 2000
  17. S. Felicelli y F. Quintana, “Numerical analysis of impact resistance of containers” (in Spanish), Proceedings AATN’99, Bariloche, Argentina, 9-12 November, 1999
  18. M. Caputo, M. Giménez, S. Felicelli, y M. Schlamp, “A comparative analysis of contaminant dispersion model in the atmosphere” (in Spanish), Proceedings AATN’99, Bariloche, Argentina, 9-12 November, 1999
  19. S.D.Felicelli and D.R.Poirier, “Modeling porosity formation during the solidification of binary alloys” (in Spanish), Invited work, Proceedings of the 6th Argentine Congress of Computational Mechanics, pp. 225-230, MECOM’99, Mendoza, Argentina, September 6-10, 1999
  20. S.D. Felicelli and D.R. Poirier, “A Model for Predicting Porosity and Segregation Defects during Solidification Processes”, paper No. 263, European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM’99, Munchen (Germany), August 31- September 3, 1999.
  21. S.D. Felicelli, “Three-Dimensional Simulations of Freckles in Multicomponent Alloys”, in Computational Mechanics – New Trends and Applications, edited by S. Idelsohn, E.Onate and E.Dvorkin (CD-ROM Proceedings of the IV World Congress on Computation Mechanics), Part III, section 1, paper #14, 1998.
  22. D.R. Poirier, J.C. Heinrich and S.D. Felicelli, “Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Directionally Solidified Castings”, in Proceedings of the Julian Szekely Memorial Symposium on Materials Processing, H.Y. Sohn, J.W. Evans, and D.Apelian (editors), TMS, Warrendale, PA, pp 393-410, 1997.
  23. S.D. Felicelli, “An Implicit Enthalpy-Based Solidification Algorithm for the Prediction of Macrosegregation”, Applied Mechanics in the Americas, Vol. III, pp. 120-124, Proceedings of the Fourth Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM IV), edited by L.Godoy et al., AAM and AMCA, Santa Fé, Argentina, 1995.
  24. S.D. Felicelli, “Solidification of binary alloys with eutectic phase: an implicit scheme based on the enthalpy formulation” (in Spanish), Mecánica Computacional, vol. XIV,  pp. 386-391, AMCA (Asociación Argentina de Mecánica Computacional), 1994.
  25. G.C. Buscaglia and S.D. Felicelli, "A Finite Element Scheme for Viscoelastic Fluids", Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Finite Elements in Fluids; New Trends and Applications, pp. 1120-1129 (part II), Barcelona (Spain), September 1993.
  26. J.C. Heinrich, S.D. Felicelli and D.R. Poirier, "Numerical Simulation of Freckle Formation in Directional Solidification of Binary Alloys", Proceedings of Supercomputer 92, pp. 433-441, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), November 1992.
  27. S.D. Felicelli, "Calculation of Macrosegregation Induced by Electromagnetic Stirring", Proceedings of the International Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences, pp. 1178-1186, Concepción (Chile), November 1992.
  28. S.D. Felicelli, "Dendritic Solidification in Presence of Electromagnetic Stirring",  Mecánica Computacional, vol. XIII, pp. 285-293, AMCA, 1992.
  29. J.C. Heinrich, S.D. Felicelli, P.J. Nandapurkar, and D.R. Poirier, "Thermosolutal Convection During Dendritic Solidification”, AIAA Paper No. 89-0626, AIAA 27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada  (January 1989).
  30. J.C. Heinrich and S.D. Felicelli, "Finite Element Simulations of Thermosolutal Convection in Vertical Solidifica­tion of Binary Alloys", pp. 593‑603 in Finite Element Analysis in Fluids (T.J. Chung and G.R. Carr, Editors), The University of Alabama Press, Huntsville (1989).
  31. M.M.Ruda, S.D.Felicelli, D.L.Arnica, y G.C.Buscaglia, “VIPLAS: Fluidos viscoplasticos por elementos finitos”, Mecanica Computacional, vol. VIII, pp. 1-14, AMCA, 1988.Back to top