Progress in modelling solidification microstructures in metals and alloys. Part II: dendrites from 2001 to 2018

W Kurz, M Rappaz, R Trivedi - International Materials …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This is the first account of the history of modelling dendritic and cellular solidification. While
Part I reviewed the progress up to the year 2000 [Kurz W, Fisher DJ, Trivedi R. Progress in …

A review on the application of lattice Boltzmann method for melting and solidification problems

R Samanta, H Chattopadhyay, C Guha - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Melting and solidification of pure metals and alloys are important research areas due to their
practical applications, where the study of dynamic evolution of the interface offers a …

Multiscale simulation of powder-bed fusion processing of metallic alloys

SM Elahi, R Tavakoli, AK Boukellal, T Isensee… - Computational Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a computational framework for the simulations of powder-bed fusion of metallic
alloys, which combines:(1) CalPhaD calculations of temperature-dependent alloy properties …

Multi-phase-field modeling using a conservative Allen–Cahn equation for multiphase flow

S Aihara, T Takaki, N Takada - Computers & Fluids, 2019 - Elsevier
The phase-field (PF) method is a method for interface tracking that can treat complex
topological changes relatively easily because of its diffuse interface model. Therefore, as …

Multi-physics multi-scale simulation of unique equiaxed-to-columnar-to-equiaxed transition during the whole solidification process of Al-Li alloy laser welding

C Han, P Jiang, S Geng, L Ren - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel multi-physics multi-scale model with the dilute multicomponent phase-
field method in three-dimensional (3D) space was developed to investigate the complex …

Two-dimensional large-scale phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulation of polycrystalline equiaxed solidification with motion of a massive number of dendrites

S Sakane, T Takaki, M Ohno, Y Shibuta… - Computational Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, two-dimensional large-scale simulation of polycrystalline equiaxed
solidification is enabled by applying an active parameter tracking and multiple GPUs …

Effects of back-diffusion on solidification cracking susceptibility of Al-Mg alloys during welding: A phase-field study

S Geng, P Jiang, X Shao, G Mi, H Wu, Y Ai, C Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of Mg back-diffusion on liquid channel segregation and morphology, and hence
on the solidification cracking susceptibility (SCS) of Al-4.0 wt% Mg alloy, were investigated …

Mesoscale multi-physics simulation of rapid solidification of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

D Liu, Y Wang - Additive Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
Powder bed fusion is a recently developed additive manufacturing (AM) technique for alloys,
which builds parts by selectively melting metallic powders with a high-energy laser or …

Phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulations of multiple dendrite growth with motion, collision, and coalescence and subsequent grain growth

T Takaki, R Sato, R Rojas, M Ohno, Y Shibuta - Computational Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the formation of a typical equiaxed structure during the solidification of metals and alloys,
multiple equiaxed dendrites typically grow with motion, collision, and coalescence and …

Parallel GPU-accelerated adaptive mesh refinement on two-dimensional phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulation of dendrite growth

S Sakane, T Aoki, T Takaki - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Simulations of dendritic solidification involving melt convection and solid motion usually
require a considerably higher computational domain than the dendrite size, whose …