Three-dimensional dendritic needle network model for alloy solidification

Acta Materialia

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 240-254

  Tourret, D ^a   Karma, A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloy; Dendritic growth; Microstructure; Multiscale modeling; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FORECASTING; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLIDIFICATION; SPACE STATIONS;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DENDRITIC MICROSTRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE;

NEEDLES;

EID: 84984820639     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.08.041     Document Type: Article

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