Phase-field simulations of spiral growth during directional ternary eutectic solidification
Phase-field simulations of spiral growth during directional ternary eutectic solidification
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DOI:
10.1016/j.actamat.2015.12.052
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发表时间:
2016-03-01
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9.4
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Ruede, Ulrich
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作者:
Hoetzer, Johannes;Steinmetz, Philipp;Ruede, Ulrich
A wide variety of growth patterns has been observed during the directional solidification of three-phase ternary eutectics in multi-component alloys. One hypothesized pattern is the spiral growth of two rodlike phases rotating around each other, which are embedded in a matrix phase. Possible evidence of spiral growth is found experimentally in longitudinal micrographs of the ternary eutectic system Ag-Al-Cu. The phase-field method allows the study of such spatially complex microstructures in order to gain deeper insights into the three-dimensional pattern formation of ternary eutectics. Based on the simulation parameters, which produced a high tilt angle in 2D lamellar growth, determined via systematic parameter studies, multiple spirals are detected in large-scale 3D simulations. Through the presented phase-field simulations, the possibility of the existence of spiral growth in ternary eutectics, reported from experiments, is confirmed. (C) 2016 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.