Directional dendritic solidification of a composite slurry: Part I. Dendrite morphology

Dutta, B and Surappa, MK (1998) Directional dendritic solidification of a composite slurry: Part I. Dendrite morphology. In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 29 (4). pp. 1319-1327.

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Abstract

A simple analytical model to describe the morphology of a growing dendrite in the presence of an inert particle has been presented. The presence of a particle changes the solute concentration gradient at the tip of a growing dendrite and this, in turn, affects the dendrite tip radius. Results of the analysis show that the dendrite tip radius decreases at a high growth velocity due to the presence of a particle, while there is no influence on the tip radius at both low and intermediate growth velocities. Lower thermal conductivity of the particle decreases the tip radius, while a higher thermal conductivity increases the radius. However, the effect of thermal conductivity on the tip radius is only significant in the cellular growth regime. The analysis shows that the presence of SiC particles in Al-Cu alloys reduces the cell to dendrite transition velocity. Results of directional solidification experiments carried out on an Al-4.5Cu-SiC composite system agree with our model.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2009 07:02
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:01
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18402

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