Adaptive 3D finite elements with high aspect ratio for dendritic growth of a binary alloy including fluid flow induced by shrinkage

Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-64

  Narski, Jacek ^a   Picasso, Marco ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Mesh adaptation; Navier Stokes; Phase field; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MESH GENERATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

ADAPTIVE PHASE FIELD; SPACE DISCRETIZATION;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 34249743629     PISSN: 1555256X     EISSN: 15552578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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