J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2004, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (Supl.): 45-48.

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Numerical Simulation for Dendrite Growth of Binary Alloy with Phase-Field Method

Hua HOU, Dong-Ying Ju, Yuhong ZHAO, Jun CHENG   

  1. Department of Material Engineering, North China Institute of Technology, Taiyuan 030051, China...
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2004-12-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Hua HOU

Abstract: Two-dimensional numerical simulation for the dendrite growth of binary alloy during solidification is carried out by a phase field method. In the model equations, phase field, temperature and solute redistribution are all involved. The equations are solved using the finite difference method (FDM) with two different space steps of phase field and temperature field. In calculation, the thermal noise is introduced to generate the side branches; the dependence of dendrite growth on the space step was also investigated. It is shown that thermal noise can trigger the growth of side-branches, however it has no influence on the stable behavior of the dendrite tip; the feature of dendrite growth is reasonable with δ Δx≤0.6W0, Δx is the space step and W0 is the thickness of interface.

Key words: Phase field, Binary alloy, Solidification