A level set simulation of dendritic solidification of multi-component alloys

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-40

  Tan, Lijian ^a   Zabaras, Nicholas ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic growth; Eutectic; Fluid flow; Level set method; Multi component alloys; Multi phase; Peritectic; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; EUTECTICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IRON ALLOYS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL ALLOYS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

ALLOY SYSTEM; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION; FLUID-FLOW; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL SET SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MULTI-COMPONENT ALLOY; MULTI-PHASE; PERITECTIC;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 33846168727     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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