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Fluid flow can significantly change the evolution of microstructural morphology. However, relatively little is known how the fluid flow, concentration and microstructure affect each other quantitatively, which is essential to optimize processing parameters. A quantitative simulation study of Al-Cu solidified equiaxed dendrite evolution under forced flow based on phase field - lattice Boltzmann method (PF-LBM) is carried out. Results obtained are validated by Gibbs-Thomson relation at the dendrite tip. Compared with the equiaxed dendrite evolution without flow, the upstream dendrite arm is enhanced while the downstream arm is inhibited. Besides, as the inlet flow rate increases, the secondary arms attached onto the upstream primary arm and the upstream side of the primary arm normal to the inflow velocity has been well developed. Results show that sidewise instabilities of the primary dendrite arm and onset of secondary arm is caused by the local concentration perturbation and will be enhanced or inhabited by the flow. It is believed that the coupled PF-LBM method is able to handle dendrite evolution under forced flow quantitatively, which helps in investigating the solidified dendrite morphology evolution.
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Tao Jing Male, born in 1965, Professor. His research interests mainly focus on materials processing technology and integrated computational material engineering (ICME). He has published more than 100 papers.
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Sun, Wz., Yan, R., Wan, X. et al. Effect of fluid flow on solidified equiaxed dendrite morphology evolution based on phase field - lattice Boltzmann method. China Foundry 15, 422–427 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41230-018-8077-3
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