Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
The influence of periodically-modulated planar stagnation-point flow on the morphological stability of a directionally-solidifying interface is presently considered with a view to the effect of unsteady nonparallel flows on single-crystal growth. The modeling of the system assumes that the viscous boundary layer thickness is much greater than that of the solute boundary layer, and that the modulation frequency is much smaller than the strength of plane stagnation-point flow. The solidifying interface is either stabilized or destabilized depending on the ratio of the period of modulation to the solute-diffusion time.
Keywords:
MATERIALS PROCESSING
Type:
Journal of Crystal Growth (ISSN 0022-0248); 96; 4, Au; 737-746
Format:
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