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Effect of interface anisotropy on spacing selection in constrained dendrite growth
I. Steinbach.
Acta Materialia, Elsevier Ltd., 56, 4965-4971, (2008)
Abstract
The selection of spacing in directional dendritic solidification is investigated numerically using the phase-field method in two and t
dimensions. A criterion for the critical spacing below which no stable array growth can exist is derived from analysis of individual
shapes. Constricted solute diffusion in the array leads to a deformation of the dendrite tip shape that competes with the deformation
to surface tension anisotropy. At the critical spacing both effects balance and a stable growth solution is destroyed. This mechanism
identified to determine the critical spacing of a dendritic array and leads to a dependence of the spacing on the anisotropy of the so
liquid interface energy in a similar way as for the dendrite tip radius.
Keyword(s): Dendritic solidification; Phase-field simulation; Spacing selection
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.06.009
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