Phase-field simulation of microstructure formation in technical castings - A self-consistent homoenthalpic approach to the micro-macro problem

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6784-6795

  Bottger B ^a   Eiken, J ^a   Apel, M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Casting; Equiaxed microstructure; Grain size; Multi scale model; Phase field modeling; Solidification

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ENTHALPY; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; MICROSTRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIAXED MICROSTRUCTURES; GRAINSIZE; HEAT PRODUCTION; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MICRO-MACRO; MICROSTRUCTURE FORMATION; MULTISCALE MODELING; PHASE FIELD MODELS; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION; TECHNICAL CASTING;

SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 67849088502     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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