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A model of solidification with buoyancy-driven convection in the melt

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A macroscopic computer model of a stationary two-phase system consisting of a melt adjacent to its solid phase is constructed which takes steady natural convection in the melt into account. The finite element method is used for the solution of corresponding free-boundary problem. Numerical experiments with the model are described and the effect of gravity and material properties on solidification is studied.

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Thákurova 7, 166 29, Praha 6, Czechoslovakia

    R. Černý, P. Přikryl & F. Vodák

  2. Mathematical Institute, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Žitná 25, 115 67, Praha 1, Czechoslovakia

    P. Přikryl

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Černý, R., Přikryl, P. & Vodák, F. A model of solidification with buoyancy-driven convection in the melt. Czech J Phys 40, 301–316 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597755

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