Cellular automaton simulation of grain growth with different orientation angles during solidification process

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Zhan, Xiaohong ^a   Wei, Yanhong ^a,b   Dong, Zhibo ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Crystallographic axes orientation; Grain growth; Solidification

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLIDIFICATION; TOOLS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

AUTOMATON SIMULATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; CELLULAR AUTOMATON (CA); CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; MIS-ORIENTATION; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH DIRECTION; RANDOMICITY; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 52949093123     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.12.130     Document Type: Article

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