During the past two decades, researchers have shown interest in large-scale simulations to
analyze alloy solidification. Advances in in situ X-ray observations of the microstructural …

During processing of metallic alloys, control over the resulting microstructure is highly
desired. Understanding the solidification process and insight into the kinetics of dendritic …

Thermosolutal convection inevitably occurs during the solidification of alloys owing to the
nonuniform distribution of temperature and/or solute concentration, and this can drastically …

A two-dimensional coupled model of the cellular automaton (CA) and the lattice Boltzmann
method (LBM) was developed to simulate the solute dendrite growth of Fe–C–Mn–S alloy in …

A multi-distribution lattice Boltzmann Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook (BGK) model with a multiple-
grid lattice Boltzmann (MGLB) model is proposed to efficiently simulate natural convection …

Four methods for the calculation of interface curvature in cellular automata models for
solidification are evaluated. Three of the methods are based on the level-set interpretation of …

The thermosolutal interaction influences eutectic evolution and thus properties of solidified
materials. Limited by numerical capability, however, very few studies are performed on the …

The cellular automata-lattice Boltzmann method is used to simulate the dendritic growth
process of aluminum alloys under the action of hypergravity by performing coupling heat …

During the past two decades, researchers have shown interest in large-scale simulations to
analyze alloy solidification. Advances in in situ X-ray observations of the microstructural …

This dissertation presents the development of a numerical model based on lattice Boltzmann
(LB) and cellular automaton (CA) methods that is able to model dendritic solidification under …