Solidification microstructures and solid-state parallels: Recent developments, future directions

M Asta, C Beckermann, A Karma, W Kurz, R Napolitano… - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Rapid advances in atomistic and phase-field modeling techniques as well as new
experiments have led to major progress in solidification science during the first years of this …

Numerical modeling of a benchmark experiment on equiaxed solidification of a Sn–Pb alloy with electromagnetic stirring and natural convection

T Wang, L Hachani, Y Fautrelle, Y Delannoy… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A three-phase volume averaged equiaxed model is applied to simulation of an experiment
on solidification of the binary alloy Sn-10 wt.% Pb subjected to the electromagnetic stirring …

Erlangen—an important center of crystal growth and epitaxy: Major scientific results and technological solutions of the last four decades

J Friedrich, G Müller - Crystal Research and Technology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes the historic development of the Erlangen Crystal Growth Laboratory
CGL from its beginnings in 1974 at the chair of Materials of Electrical Engineering …

Spurious grain formation due to Marangoni convection during directional solidification of alloys in µ-g environment of International Space Station

SA Nabavizadeh, S Upadhyay, M Eshraghi… - Journal of Crystal …, 2021 - Elsevier
During directional solidification of alloys in the microgravity environment of the International
Space Station (ISS), growth of dendritic array is expected to be under purely diffusive …

First Experiments Using the Materials Science Laboratory on Board the International Space Station: Experiment Preparations, Execution, and First Results

T Enz, S Steinbach, D Simicic, G Kasperovich… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Materials Science Laboratory is a unique tool designed to perform high
temperature experiments from various fields of physics on board the International Space …

Simulation of a directional solidification of a binary Al-7wt% Si and a ternary alloy Al-7wt% Si-1wt% Fe under the action of a rotating magnetic field

O Budenkova, F Baltaretu, J Kovács… - IOP Conference …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose an approach for the solidification of metallic alloys taking into account the
turbulence in the liquid phase. For modeling of the turbulent flow a k-ε model is used. This …

Effect of the rotating magnetic field on the unidirectionally solidified macrostructure of Al6Si4Cu alloy

J Kovács, A Rónaföldi, Á Kovács, A Roósz - … of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2009 - Springer
The topic of this paper is the unidirectional solidification of ternary Al6Si4Cu aluminium alloy
in a rotating magnetic field of 0÷ 150 mT and the characterisation of effect of stirring on the …

Effect of High Rotating Magnetic Field on the Solidified Structure of Al–7wt.% Si–1wt.% Fe Alloy

A Roósz, J Kovács, A Rónaföldi… - Materials Science Forum, 2013 - Trans Tech Publ
Al–7wt.-% Si–1wt.-% Fe alloy was solidified unidirectionally in the Crystallizer with High
Rotating Magnetic Field (CHRMF). The diameter of sample was 8 mm and its length was …

A suggested effective method for unidirectional solidification under rotating magnetic field in the space experiments

A Rónaföldi, J Kovács, A Roósz - Transactions of the Indian Institute of …, 2009 - Springer
In order to save costs and time during the unidirectional solidification experiments, it is
necessary to obtain more and more information by solidifying one sample in a rotating …

Modelling of Al-7% wtSi-1wt% Fe ternary alloy: application to space experiments with a rotating magnetic field

O Budenkova, F Baltaretu, S Steinbach… - Materials Science …, 2014 - Trans Tech Publ
Recently several experiments on directional solidification of Al-6.5 wt. Si-0.93 wt.% Fe
(AlSi7Fe1) alloy were performed under terrestrial conditions and onboard the International …