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Simulations of Multiple Grains Growth of Mg–Al Alloy Semisolid Structure by Phase-Field-Lattice Boltzmann Simulation

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To study the grain morphology of Mg–Al alloy semisolid structure during the process of mechanical stirring, a multiple grains PF-LBM model (phase-field-lattice Boltzmann model) coupled with a rigid body rotation model was developed. In this study, an orientational field model was introduced to describe the orientation of different grains and it was determined that the growth of multiple grains with different orientations can be computed by only one-phase field function which improves the computing efficiency. The simulation results of the growth of two semisolid grains showed that the growth and coalescence representation can be simulated by the proposed model. Then, multiple grains growth of a Mg–Al alloy semisolid structure was successfully simulated using the developed model and the result is in good agreement with the experimental result.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51574100 and 51704087), the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (Grant No. LH2020E083) and the National key research and development program (Grant No. 2019YFB2006500).

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    Xun Zhang, Ye Wang, Zesheng Ji, Hongyu Xu, Maoliang Hu & Pengxing Cui

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Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Ji, Z. et al. Simulations of Multiple Grains Growth of Mg–Al Alloy Semisolid Structure by Phase-Field-Lattice Boltzmann Simulation. Metall Mater Trans B 52, 2441–2449 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-021-02204-8

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