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Progress and development trends in the numerical modeling of solidification

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The history of development and current situation of the theoretical description and numerical modeling of the solidification process are reviewed. The status and problems of the related research are discussed, with the main focus being on the solidification theories associated with microstructure formation and the concurrent macro-/microcoupling methods used to simulate solidification. Furthermore, the development trends of the theoretical description and numerical modeling of solidification are discussed.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB610402).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Weidong Huang & Meng Wang

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Weidong Huang & Meng Wang

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Huang, W., Wang, M. Progress and development trends in the numerical modeling of solidification. Chin. Sci. Bull. 59, 1709–1718 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-013-0092-6

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