Modeling Melt Convection in Phase-Field Simulations of Solidification

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 468-496

  Beckermann, C ^a   Diepers, H J ^b   Steinbach, I ^b   Karma, A ^c   Tong, X ^a  

^a University of Iowa ^*  (United States)

^b ACCESS E V   (Germany)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarsening; Convection; Dendritic growth; Phase field method

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION;

COARSENINGS; CONVECTION; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DIFFUSE INTERFACE; DIFFUSE-INTERFACE MODELS; IN-PHASE; INTERFACE REGIONS; MELT CONVECTION; PHASE FIELD METHODS; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION;

COARSENING;

EID: 0002500769     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6323     Document Type: Article

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