Discussion on Modeling Capability for Macrosegregation
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In: High temperature material processes, Vol. 36.2017, No. 5, 15.04.2017, p. 531-539.
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T1 - Discussion on Modeling Capability for Macrosegregation
AU - Wu, Menghuai
AU - Kharicha, Abdellah
AU - Ludwig, Andreas
PY - 2017/4/15
Y1 - 2017/4/15
N2 - Macrosegregation originates from the solute partitioning at the liquid-solid interface and the relative motion between liquid and solid phases during solidification of metal alloys. A suitable macrosegregation model should incorporate solidification thermodynamics, crystal growth kinetics, multiphase computational fluid dynamics, and even thermal-structural mechanics. No current model includes all those phenomena, hence leading to assumptions having to be made. This paper discusses some modeling assumptions regarding the treatment of (1) diffusion kinetics of crystal growth, (2) crystal dendritic morphology and (3) solidification shrinkage. Theoretical analyses based on test calculations were made. We find that some previous models, which over-simplified some of the aspects mentioned above for the purpose of computational efficiency, can only be applied to study macrosegregation qualitatively. They lead to significant error estimations of macrosegregation. When the quantitative accuracy for macrosegregation is of primary importance, the multiphase-based models with an appropriate treatment of these aspects, despite the sophisticated computational requirements, are recommended.
AB - Macrosegregation originates from the solute partitioning at the liquid-solid interface and the relative motion between liquid and solid phases during solidification of metal alloys. A suitable macrosegregation model should incorporate solidification thermodynamics, crystal growth kinetics, multiphase computational fluid dynamics, and even thermal-structural mechanics. No current model includes all those phenomena, hence leading to assumptions having to be made. This paper discusses some modeling assumptions regarding the treatment of (1) diffusion kinetics of crystal growth, (2) crystal dendritic morphology and (3) solidification shrinkage. Theoretical analyses based on test calculations were made. We find that some previous models, which over-simplified some of the aspects mentioned above for the purpose of computational efficiency, can only be applied to study macrosegregation qualitatively. They lead to significant error estimations of macrosegregation. When the quantitative accuracy for macrosegregation is of primary importance, the multiphase-based models with an appropriate treatment of these aspects, despite the sophisticated computational requirements, are recommended.
U2 - 10.1515/htmp-2016-0133
DO - 10.1515/htmp-2016-0133
M3 - Article
VL - 36.2017
SP - 531
EP - 539
JO - High temperature material processes
JF - High temperature material processes
SN - 1093-3611
IS - 5
ER -