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3D Phase Field Modeling of Multi-Dendrites Evolution in Solidification and Validation by Synchrotron X-ray Tomography

Wang, S; Guo, Z; Kang, J; Zou, M; Li, X; Zhang, A; Du, W; ... Mi, J; + view all (2021) 3D Phase Field Modeling of Multi-Dendrites Evolution in Solidification and Validation by Synchrotron X-ray Tomography. Materials , 14 (3) , Article 520. 10.3390/ma14030520. Green open access

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Abstract

In this paper, the dynamics of multi-dendrite concurrent growth and coarsening of an Al-15 wt.% Cu alloy was studied using a highly computationally efficient 3D phase field model and real-time synchrotron X-ray micro-tomography. High fidelity multi-dendrite simulations were achieved and the results were compared directly with the time-evolved tomography datasets to quantify the relative importance of multi-dendritic growth and coarsening. Coarsening mechanisms under different solidification conditions were further elucidated. The dominant coarsening mechanisms change from small arm melting and interdendritic groove advancement to coalescence when the solid volume fraction approaches ~0.70. Both tomography experiments and phase field simulations indicated that multi-dendrite coarsening obeys the classical Lifshitz–Slyozov–Wagner theory R n − R n 0 = kc(t − t0), but with a higher constant of n = 4.3

Type: Article
Title: 3D Phase Field Modeling of Multi-Dendrites Evolution in Solidification and Validation by Synchrotron X-ray Tomography
Location: Switzerland
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/ma14030520
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030520
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: dendrite evolution, phase field modeling, solidification, synchrotron X-ray tomography
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119739
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