Dendrite growth under forced convection: analysis methods and experimental tests

DV Alexandrov, PK Galenko - Physics-Uspekhi, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
An analysis is given of the nonisothermal growth of a dendrite crystal under forced fluid flow
in a binary system. The theoretical model utilized employs a free moving crystal–liquid …

Overview: Experimental studies of crystal nucleation: Metals and colloids

DM Herlach, T Palberg, I Klassen, S Klein… - The Journal of chemical …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Crystallization is one of the most important phase transformations of first order. In the case of
metals and alloys, the liquid phase is the parent phase of materials production. The …

Multiscale prediction of microstructure length scales in metallic alloy casting

B Bellon, AK Boukellal, T Isensee, OM Wellborn… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Microstructural length scales, such as dendritic spacings in cast metallic alloys, play an
essential role in the properties of structural components. Therefore, quantitative prediction of …

Characteristics of 7055Al alloy powders manufactured by gas-solid two-phase atomization: A comparison with gas atomization process

C Si, X Tang, X Zhang, J Wang, W Wu - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, the principle of gas-solid two-phase atomization methodology for metal powder
is demonstrated. A cost-effective production technology for high-quality metal powder was …

Multiscale dendritic needle network model of alloy solidification

D Tourret, A Karma - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a novel dendritic needle network (DNN) model for simulating quantitatively the
solidification of dendritic alloys. This approach is intended to reliably bridge the gap …

Direct simulation of a solidification benchmark experiment

T Carozzani, CA Gandin, H Digonnet, M Bellet… - … Materials Transactions A, 2013 - Springer
A solidification benchmark experiment is simulated using a three-dimensional cellular
automaton—finite element solidification model. The experiment consists of a rectangular …

3D CAFE modeling of grain structures: application to primary dendritic and secondary eutectic solidification

T Carozzani, H Digonnet… - Modelling and Simulation …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A three-dimensional model is presented for the prediction of grain structures formed in
casting. It is based on direct tracking of grain boundaries using a cellular automaton (CA) …

Gas atomization of Al–Ni powders: Solidification modeling and neutron diffraction analysis

D Tourret, G Reinhart, CA Gandin, GN Iles, U Dahlborg… - Acta materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Powerful catalysts may be produced from gas atomized Al–Ni powders. The efficiency of
these catalysts depends on the amount of the different phases formed during solidification …

Thermodynamic description of metastable fcc/liquid phase equilibria and solidification kinetics in Al-Cu alloys

Y Fang, PK Galenko, D Liu, K Hack… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The thermodynamic description of the fcc phase in the Al-Cu system has been revised,
allowing for the prediction of metastable fcc/liquid phase equilibria to undercoolings of Δ T …

The influence of cooling rate on the microstructure and phase fraction of gas atomized NiAl3 alloy powders during rapid solidification

L Sang, Y Xu, P Fang, H Zhang, Y Cai, X Liu - Vacuum, 2018 - Elsevier
NiAl 3 alloy powders were produced by nitrogen gas atomization in this paper. The
microstructure and phase compositions of different particle size powders were characterized …