Effects of physical parameters on the cell-to-dendrite transition in directional solidification

Lei Wei, Xin Lin, Meng Wang, Wei Dong Huang

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Abstract

A quantitative cellular automaton model is used to study the cell-to-dendrite transition (CDT) in directional solidification. We give a detailed description of the CDT by carefully examining the influence of the physical parameters, including: the Gibbs-Thomson coefficient Γ, the solute diffusivity Dl, the solute partition coefficient k0, and the liquidus slope ml. It is found that most of the parameters agree with the Kurz and Fisher (KF) criterion, except for k0. The intrinsic relations among the critical velocity Vcd, the cellular primary spacing λc,max, and the critical spacing λcd are investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number078108
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume24
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • cell-to-dendrite transition
  • cellular automaton
  • dendrite growth
  • Directional solidification

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