A Phase-field model study of two-dimensional dendritc growth in thermal solidification processes

A phasefield model in two dimensions with both surface energy and kinetic anisotropies is used to simulate dendritic solidification of a pure material from its undercooled melt. Two finite differences methods have been implemented and their stability regions have been compared. Different regimes of...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Martínez González, Gustavo
Format: master thesis
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099.1/5726
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/5726
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fluid dynamics
Solidification
Phase
Field
Dendritic
Dinàmica de fluids
Solidificació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de fluids
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Summary:A phasefield model in two dimensions with both surface energy and kinetic anisotropies is used to simulate dendritic solidification of a pure material from its undercooled melt. Two finite differences methods have been implemented and their stability regions have been compared. Different regimes of dendritic growth have been obtained from simulations, showing a good qualitative agreement with experimental observations. The dependence of the velocity and direction of growth on the system undercooling has been numerically obtained for a specific case.