Shoumei Xiong

Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach

Alloy dendrite growth during solidification with coupled thermal-solute-convection fields has been studied by phase field modeling and simulation. The coupled transport equations were solved using a novel parallel-multigrid numerical approach with high computational efficiency that has enabled the investigation of dendrite growth with realistic alloy values of Lewis number ~ 10 4 and Prandtl number ~ 10 - 2 . The detailed dendrite tip shape and character were compared with widely recognized analytical approaches to show validity, and shown to be highly dependent on undercooling, solute concentration and Lewis number. In a relatively low flow velocity regime, variations in the ratio of growth selection parameter with and without convection agreed well with theory.

Eutectic pattern transition under different temperature gradients: A phase field study coupled with the parallel adaptive-mesh-refinement algorithm

Eutectic pattern transition under an externally imposed temperature gradient was studied using the phase field method coupled with a novel parallel adaptive-mesh-refinement (Para-AMR) algorithm. Numerical tests revealed that the Para-AMR algorithm could improve the computational efficiency by two orders of magnitude and thus made it possible to perform large-scale simulations without any compromising accuracy. Results showed that the direction of the temperature gradient played a crucial role in determining the eutectic patterns during solidification, which agreed well with experimental observations. In particular, the presence of the transverse temperature gradient could tilt the eutectic patterns, and in 3D simulations, the eutectic microstructure would alter from lamellar to rod-like and/or from rod-like to dumbbell-shaped. Furthermore, under a radial temperature gradient, the eutectic would evolve from a dumbbell-shaped or clover-shaped pattern to an isolated rod-like pattern.

Correlation between crystallographic anisotropy and dendritic orientation selection of binary magnesium alloys

Both synchrotron X-ray tomography and EBSD characterization revealed that the preferred growth directions of magnesium alloy dendrite change as the type and amount of solute elements. Such growth behavior was further investigated by evaluating the orientation-dependent surface energy and the subsequent crystallographic anisotropy via ab-initio calculations based on density functional theory and hcp lattice structure. It was found that for most binary magnesium alloys, the preferred growth direction of the α-Mg dendrite in the basal plane is always

Development of a Fluid-Particle Model in Simulating the Motion of External Solidified Crystals and the Evolution of Defect Bands in High-Pressure Die Casting

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Multiscale Simulation of α-Mg Dendrite Growth via 3D Phase Field Modeling and Ab Initio First Principle Calculations

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A Phase-Field Lattice-Boltzmann Study on Dendritic Growth of Al-Cu Alloy Under Convection

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