GENERALIZATION OF THE SKMF METHOD ON THE SOLIDIFICATION OF ALLOYS

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А. Titova

Abstract

We developed the generalized stochastic kinetic mean-field method (GSKMF) and applied it to simple cases of isothermal uniform and non-uniform crystallization and non-isothermal non-uniform crystallization. The simulation results were compared with experimental data and molecular dynamics simulation data. After this, we chose the model parameters that give values of the crystallization front velocity close to the experimental data. The possibility of eutectic crystallization by spinodal decomposition of a transient unstable solid solution was studied.


Conclusions: The developed GSKMF method was tested on cases of homogeneous and heterogeneous crystallization of a single-component melt at a constant temperature, as well as taking into account the heat released during crystallization. An attempt was made to apply the developed method to the eutectic crystallization of a binary melt, and the possibility of the existence of an alternative mechanism of eutectic crystallization (through the spinodal decomposition of a transient unstable solid solution) was found.


 

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Computer Modelling in Physics
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А. Titova, Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, 81 Shevchenko Blvd., UA-18031 Cherkasy, Ukraine

Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, 81 Shevchenko Blvd., UA-18031 Cherkasy, Ukraine

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