Journal of engineering physics

, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp 797–803 | Cite as

Some features of the thermally concentrated convective motion of a hardening binary melt and the impurity distribution

  • P. F. Zavgorodnii
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Abstract

Some features of the thermally concentrated convective motion of a binary melt, hardening in a closed rectangular region with movable boundaries, and the impurity distribution are investigated numerically.

Keywords

Statistical Physic Rectangular Region Convective Motion Impurity Distribution Movable Boundary 
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Notation

x0

characteristic dimension

xi (i=1, 2)

a dimensional coordinate

li (i=1, 2)

height and width of the crystallizer cavity

ri, ei (i=1, 2)

dimensional coordinates of the phase transition in the Ox1x2 coordinate system

T, T0, and TK

current temperature, initial temperature, and melt crystallization temperature

ρ

density of the melt

P, Pmax, and Pmin

current pressure, maximum pressure, and minimum pressure in the system

c, c0

current and initial impurity concentration

e2

unit vector having the same direction as the direction as the force of gravity

¯g

acceleration due to gravity

β

coefficient of thermal expansion

γ

diffusion broadening coefficient

¯u

velocity of convective motion

ν

kinematic viscosity

k

equilibrium impurity distribution coefficient

t

current time

D

diffusion coefficient

a

thermal diffusivity

ΔT=t0-tK

initial overheating of the melt

ηi=Xi/x0 (i=1, 2)

dimensionless coordinate

ιi=L1/x0 (i=1, 2)

relative height and width of the crystallizer cavity in the coordinate system Oη1η2

Ri=ri/x0, εii/x0

dimensionless coordinates of the phase-transition boundary in the Oν1η2 coordinate system

Ū=ū/u0

dimensionless velocity of convective motion

Gr=¦¯g¦βΔTx03/ν2

Grashof hydrodynamic number

GrD=¦¯g¦γc0X032

Grashof diffusion number

Fo=Dt x02)

dimensionless time, Sm=ν/D, Schmidt number

Lu=D/a

Lewis number

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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. F. Zavgorodnii
    • 1
  1. 1.Donets State UniversityUSSR

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