Phase-field modeling of multi-phase solidification


Nestler, Britta and Wheeler, Adam A. (2002) Phase-field modeling of multi-phase solidification. Computer Physics Communications, 147, (1-2), 230-233. (doi:10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00252-7).

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A phase-field model for a general class of multi-phase metallic alloys is now proposed which describes both multi-phase solidification phenomena as well as polycrystalline grain structures. The model serves as a computational method to simulate the motion and kinetics of multiple phase boundaries and enables the visualization of the diffusion processes and of the phase transitions in multi-phase systems. Numerical simulations are presented which illustrate the capability of the phase-field model to recover a variety of complex experimental growth structures. In particular, the phase-field model can be used to simulate microstructure evolutions in eutectic, peritectic and monotectic alloys. In addition, polycrystalline grain structures with effects such as wetting, grain growth, symmetry properties of adjacent triple junctions in thin film samples and stability criteria at multiple junctions are described by phase-field simulations.

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Keywords: Phase field; Diffuse interface models; Solidification; Phase transitions; Multi-phase alloy systems; Microstructure simulations
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions: University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Mathematics > Applied Mathematics
Item ID: 414
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2004
Last Modified: 01 Jun 2011 13:16
Contributors: Nestler, Britta (Author)
Wheeler, Adam A. (Author)
Date: 2002
Status: Published
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/414

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