[HTML][HTML] A consistent, volume preserving, and adaptive mesh refinement-based framework for modeling non-isothermal gas–liquid–solid flows with phase change

R Thirumalaisamy, APS Bhalla - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2025 - Elsevier
This work expands on our recently introduced low Mach enthalpy method (Thirumalaisamy
and Bhalla 2023) for simulating the melting and solidification of a phase change material …

An enthalpy based model for microstructure evolution during binary alloy solidification

M Jegatheesan, A Bhattacharya - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
An enthalpy based solidification model is presented to simulate the evolution of binary alloy
microstructure. The model is capable of simulating the nucleation and growth of multiple …

A model for predicting the effects of buoyancy driven convection on solidification of binary alloy with nanoparticles

M Jegatheesan, A Bhattacharya - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Convection during the solidification of a binary alloy with nanoparticles governs the
nanoparticle, species and temperature distribution in the domain and thus the solidification …

A 2D model for prediction of nanoparticle distribution and microstructure evolution during solidification of metal matrix nanocomposites

M Jegatheesan, A Bhattacharya - Modelling and Simulation in …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A 2D numerical model to predict the microstructure evolution in binary alloy matrix
nanocomposites is presented. The main novelty of the model is that it captures the effect of …

Analysis of gravity effects during binary alloy directional solidification by comparison of microgravity and Earth experiments with in situ observation

N Bergeon, G Reinhart, FL Mota… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
Under terrestrial conditions, solidification processes are influenced to a large degree by the
gravity effects such as natural convection or buoyancy force, which can dramatically modify …

Binary alloy solidification and freckle formation: Effect of shrinkage induced flow on solutal instability and macro-segregation

AD Monde, A Shrivastava, A Jakhar… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Freckle formation during directional solidification of binary alloy is a well-researched subject
area. However, the influence of shrinkage induced flow (SIF) on freckling phenomena is …

Introducing density variation and pressure in thermodynamically self-consistent continuum phase-change models including phase-field

MJ Welland, N Ofori-Opoku - Physical Review Materials, 2022 - APS
We present a thermodynamically self-consistent method to introduce dilation/density
variation in continuum-scale phase-change models. Dilation incurs a pressure response via …

Convection-induced bridging during alloy solidification

V Kumar, K Sakalkale, S Karagadde - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, the effect of solute expansion coefficient on the natural convection and freezing
front propagation is investigated by performing three-side cooled solidification experiments …

Combined effect of thermal anisotropy and shrinkage on growth of binary alloy equiaxed crystal

A Jakhar, A Swain, A Bhattacharya, P Rath… - Thermal Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A numerical model for microscale binary alloy solidification is proposed taking the effect of
both thermal anisotropy and shrinkage into consideration. The model couples an enthalpy …

Micro-scale solidification and micro-segregation during laser spot melting of binary alloys

A Swain, M Jegatheesan, S Kole, P Rath… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.begellhouse.com
Selective laser melting is a laser based additive manufacturing process in which both
melting and solidification play essential roles. In this paper, we present a numerical model …