Simulation of directional solidification, thermochemical convection, and chimney formation in a Hele-Shaw cell

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 9823-9840

  Katz, Richard F ^a,b   Worster, M Grae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium chloride; Casting; Chimneys; Convection; Mushy layers; Numerical methods; PETSc; Reactive flow; Solidification

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHIMNEYS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLIDIFICATION;

CONVECTION; DARCY LAW; FINITE VOLUME SIMULATIONS; HELE-SHAW CELLS; LAYER MODE; MUSHY LAYER; PETSC; REACTIVE FLOW; THERMOCHEMICALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 53349146593     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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