Abstract By using the phase-field approach, we have simulated the directional growth of alloys in undercooled molten states under the isothermal and nonisothermal conditions. The influences of the isothermal approximation on simulation results are discussed. We found that for undercooling greater than 25K, the isothermal approximation overestimates the interface growth velocity and reduces a critical velocity for an absolute stable planar interface, thus in this simulation, the interface morphology shows the plane-cell-plane transition with increasing initial undercooling of the melt, and the planar interface obtained under a large undercooling is absolutely stable. Whereas in the nonisothermal simulation, only plane-cell transition occurs in the same range of the initial undercoolings of the melt, and the planar interface tends to be destabilized and evolve into cells.
Received: 28 June 2002
Revised: 14 October 2002
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 59971037) and by the Northwestern Polytechnical University Doctoral Dissertation Innovation Foundation, China.
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Yu Yan-Mei (于艳梅), Yang Gen-Cang (杨根仓), Zhao Da-Wen (赵达文), Lü Yi-Li (吕衣礼) Influence of isothermal approximation on the phase-field simulation of directional growth in undercooled melt 2003 Chinese Physics 12 211
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