A quantitative approach to study solid state phase coarsening in solder alloys using combined phase-field modeling and experimental observation

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 425-431

  Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi ^a   Tavakoli, Rouhollah ^a   Davami, Parviz ^a   Aashuri, Hossein ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cahn Hilliard equation; Inverse mobility computation; Model calibration; Phase field model

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; PHASE INTERFACES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION; INTERFACE MOBILITY; MODEL CALIBRATION; PHASE FIELD MODELS; PHASE-FIELD APPROACHES; PHASE-FIELD MODELING; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; STOCHASTIC NATURE;

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EID: 84903593689     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-013-0551-y     Document Type: Article

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