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| | Preface | V |
| 1 | Complex Structures: A Symbiosis of Experiments and Numerical Studies J. H. BILGRAM and H. M. SINGER | 1 |
| | Abstract | 1 |
| 1.1 | Inotroduction | 1 |
| 1.2 | Experimental Studies | 2 |
| 1.3 | Numerical Studies | 5 |
| 1.4 | Conclusions | 6 |
| | Acknowledgements | 7 |
| | References | 7 |
| 2 | Thermal Roughening of a Solid-on-Solid Model with Elastic Interaction FRANK GUTHEIM, HEINER MÜLLER-KRUMBHAAR, EFIM BRENER and CHRISTOPH PÜTTER | 9 |
| 2.1 | Introduction | 9 |
| 2.2 | Step Interaction | 9 |
| 2.3 | Model Description | 10 |
| 2.4 | Results and Discussion | 13 |
| 2.4.1 | Height Correlation Function | 13 |
| 2.4.2 | Energetic Scales | 14 |
| 2.4.3 | Average Energy | 14 |
| 2.4.4 | Defect Correlations | 14 |
| 2.4.5 | Line Energy vs. Step Interaction | 15 |
| 2.4.6 | Crystal Growth | 15 |
| 2.5 | Conclusion | 16 |
| | References | 16 |
| 3 | A Phase-Field Model for Crystallization into Multiple Grain Structures HAMID ASSADI | 17 |
| | Abstract | 17 |
| 3.1 | Introduction | 17 |
| 3.2 | Theoretical Background and Model Development | 18 |
| 3.3 | Simulations | 21 |
| 3.3.1 | Temperature Dependence of Interfacial Energy | 22 |
| 3.3.2 | Crystallization by Inoculation | 22 |
| 3.3.3 | Crystallization by Homogeneous Nucleation | 24 |
| | References | 26 |
| 4 | Scaling Relations for Dendritic Solidification in Binary Alloys HEIKE EMMERICH, MATTHIAS JURGK, RICARDO SIQUIERI | 27 |
| 4.1 | Introduction | 27 |
| 4.2 | Two-scale Modeling for Binary Alloys | 28 |
| 4.3 | A Novel Scaling Relation Taking into Account Crystal Density | 30 |
| 4.4 | Numerical Investigations of the Two-scale Model | 31 |
| | Summary | 32 |
| | References | 33 |
| 5 | Modeling the Spatial Phase Separation Process in Hypermonotectic Alloys M. WU, A. LUDWIG, L. RATKE | 34 |
| | Abstract | 34 |
| 5.1 | Introduction | 34 |
| 5.2 | Numerical Model | 35 |
| 5.2.1 | Phase Definition | 35 |
| 5.2.2 | Conservation equations | 35 |
| 5.2.3 | Droplet Growth and Mass Transfer | 36 |
| 5.2.4 | Marangoni Force and Hydrodynamic Resistance | 37 |
| 5.3 | Problem description | 38 |
| 5.4 | Results and Discussions | 39 |
| 5.4.1 | Without Gravity | 39 |
| 5.4.2 | With Gravity | 40 |
| 5.5 | Conclusions | 42 |
| | References | 42 |
| 6 | Modeling of the Solidification of Immiscible Alloys J. Z. ZHAO, Z. Q. HU, L.RATKE | 44 |
| | Abstract | 44 |
| 6.1 | Introduction | 44 |
| 6.2 | Theoretical Model | 45 |
| 6.3 | Numerical Results and Discussions | 48 |
| 6.4 | Conclusions | 51 |
| | Acknowledgments | 51 |
| | References | 51 |
| 7 | Phase-Field Modeling of Dendritic Solidification: Verification for the Model Predictions with Latest Experimental Data P.K. GALENKO, D.M. HERLACH, O. FUNKE, G. PHANIKUMAR | 52 |
| | Abstract | 52 |
| 7.1 | Introduction | 52 |
| 7.2 | Governing equations | 53 |
| 7.3 | Results and Discussion | 55 |
| 7.3.1 | Dendritic Patterns | 56 |
| 7.3.2 | Comparison with experimental data | 57 |
| 7.4 | Conclusions | 58 |
| | Acknowledgements | 59 |
| | References | 59 |
| 8 | Phase-Field Modeling of Phase Transitions in Ternary Alloys BRITTA NESTLER | 61 |
| 8.1 | Introduction | 61 |
| 8.2 | Phase-Field Model | 62 |
| 8.3 | Phase Transitions of Ternary Alloys | 64 |
| 8.4 | Outlook | 68 |
| | Acknowledgements | 69 |
| | References | 69 |
| 9 | Modeling of Heat and Solute Flows during Solidification of Droplets R. HERINGER, CH.-A. GANDIN, G. LESOULT, H. HENEIN | 70 |
| | Abstract | 70 |
| 9.1 | Introduction | 70 |
| 9.2 | Experimental | 71 |
| 9.3 | Modeling | 72 |
| 9.3.1 | Macroscopic Heat and Solute Flows | 72 |
| 9.3.2 | Front Tracking and Growth Velocity | 73 |
| 9.3.3 | Microsegregation and Mushy Zone Solidification | 74 |
| 9.3.4 | Initial and Boundary Conditions, Numerical Implementation | 75 |
| 9.4 | Results | 76 |
| 9.5 | Concluding Remarks | 80 |
| | Acknowledgements | 81 |
| | References | 81 |
| 10 | Thermo-physical and Physical Properties for Use in Solidification Modelling of Multi-component Alloys N. SAUNDERS, Z. GUO, A. P. MIODOWNIK and J-PH. SCHILLÉ | 82 |
| | Abstract | 82 |
| 10.1 | Introduction | 82 |
| 10.2 | Technical Background | 84 |
| 10.2.1 | The Scheil-Gulliver Approach with Modification for fast C and N Diffusion | 84 |
| 10.2.2 | Modelling of Physical Properties | 87 |
| 10.3 | Example Calculations | 88 |
| 10.3.1 | Variations in Behaviour Within an Alloy Composition Specification Range | 88 |
| 10.3.2 | Behaviour of the Liquid in the Mushy Zone | 90 |
| 10.4 | Discussion | 93 |
| 10.5 | Summary and Conclusions | 93 |
| | References | 94 |
| 11 | Determination of Solidification Curves Based on DSC Experiments with Improved Heat-transfer Model DJORDJE MIRKOVIĆ, JOACHIM GRÖBNER, RAINER SCHMID-FETZER | 95 |
| 11.1 | Introduction | 95 |
| 11.2 | DSC Experiment and Heat-Transfer Model (DSC-HTM) | 96 |
| 11.2.1 | DSC Experiment | 96 |
| 11.2.2 | Heat-transfer Model | 96 |
| 11.3 | Solidification Curves Determined by Alternative Methods | 99 |
| 11.3.1 | Quenching and Image Analysis (QIA) | 99 |
| 11.3.2 | Thermodynamic Calculation of Solidification Curves | 99 |
| 11.4 | Results and Discussion | 100 |
| | Acknowledgement | 102 |
| | References | 102 |
| 12 | Measurement of the Surface Tension of Undercooled Melts by the Oscillating Drop Method in an Electrostatic Levitator PETER L. RYDER and NILS WARNCKE | 103 |
| 12.1 | Introduction | 103 |
| 12.2 | Experimental Methods | 104 |
| 12.2.1 | The Levitator | 104 |
| 12.2.2 | The Oscillating Drop Method | 105 |
| 12.2.2.1 | Principle | 105 |
| 12.2.2.2 | Excitation and Detection of the Oscillations | 105 |
| 12.3 | Results | 106 |
| 12.4 | Summary and Conclusions | 109 |
| | Acknowledgements | 109 |
| | References | 109 |
| 13 | Liquid-liquid Interfacial Tension and Wetting in Immiscible Al-based Systems WALTER HOYER, IVAN KABAN, MARKUS MERKWITZ | 110 |
| 13.1 | Introduction | 110 |
| 13.2 | Experimental Technique | 110 |
| 13.3 | Results and Discussion | 113 |
| 13.4 | Conclusions | 117 |
| | Acknowledgements | 118 |
| | References | 118 |
| 14 | In-Situ Optical Determination of Fraction Solid L. RATKE, D. TSCHEUSCHNER | 119 |
| | Abstract | 119 |
| 14.1 | Introduction | 119 |
| 14.2 | Experimental | 120 |
| 14.3 | Experimental Results | 121 |
| 14.4 | Mathematical Analysis of the Intensity Curves | 122 |
| 14.5 | Fraction Solid | 124 |
| 14.6 | Discussion and Conclusion | 125 |
| | References | 127 |
| 15 | Magnetic Effects on the Nucleation in Undercooled Co-Pd Melts DIRK HOLLAND-MORITZ AND FRANS SPAEPEN | 128 |
| 15.1 | Introduction | 128 |
| 15.2 | Classical Approach to Describe the Nucleation Behavior of Co-Pd Melts | 129 |
| 15.3. | Extension of the Classical Nucleation Model by Magnetic Contributions | 132 |
| 15.4. | Conclusions | 135 |
| | Acknowledgements | 135 |
| | References | 136 |
| 16 | Identification of the Substrate of Heterogeneous Nucleation in Zn-Al Alloy Inoculated with ZnTi-Based Master Alloy WITOLD K. KRAJEWSKI, A. LINDSAY GREER, THOMAS E. QUESTED, Waldemar Wolczynski | 137 |
| | Abstract | 137 |
| 16.1 | Introduction | 137 |
| 16.2 | Experimental Methods | 138 |
| 16.3 | Results and Discussion | 140 |
| 16.3.1 | Thermal Analysis and Structure | 140 |
| 16.3.2 | Crystal Structure and Chemical Composition | 142 |
| 16.3.3 | Crystal orientation | 144 |
| 16.3.3.1 | TEM Examination of Thin Foils | 144 |
| 16.3.3.2 | SEM – EBSD Examinations | 144 |
| 16.4 | Conclusions | 146 |
| | Acknowledgements | 147 |
| | References | 147 |
| 17 | Undercooling and Solidification of Liquid Silicon C. PANOFEN, R. P. LIU, D. HOLLAND-MORITZ, T. VOLKMANN, D.M. Herlach | 148 |
| 17.1 | Abstract | 148 |
| 17.2 | Introduction | 148 |
| 17.3 | Experimental | 149 |
| 17.4 | Results & Discussion | 151 |
| 17.4.1 | Surface Morphologies and Solidification Mode | 151 |
| 17.4.2 | Growth Velocity Results | 153 |
| 17.5 | Conclusion | 155 |
| | Acknowledgements | 155 |
| | References | 155 |
| 18 | Two-Phase Equilibrium in Binary Alloy Nano Particles P. BUNZEL, G. WILDE, H. RÖSNER, J. WEISSMÜLLER | 157 |
| 18.1 | Introduction | 157 |
| 18.2 | Idealized Model System | 158 |
| 18.2.1 | The Model Alloy | 158 |
| 18.2.2 | Particle Shape and Properties of the Phase Boundary | 159 |
| 18.2.3 | Surface Area of the Phase Boundary | 159 |
| 18.2.4 | Molar Free Energies | 160 |
| 18.3 | Size-dependent Alloy Phase Diagrams | 161 |
| 18.4 | Conclusion | 164 |
| | Acknowledgement | 165 |
| | References | 165 |
| 19 | Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Experimentally Grown Xenon Dendrites H.M. SINGER and J.H. BILGRAM | 166 |
| 19.1 | Introduction | 166 |
| 19.2 | Experimental Setup | 167 |
| 19.3 | Analytical Models vs. Simulations | 168 |
| 19.4 | Reconstruction | 169 |
| 19.5 | Results and Discussion | 172 |
| | References | 173 |
| 20 | Mechanically Deformed Primary Dendritic Structures Observed During the Solidification of Undercooled Melts ANDREW M. MULLIS, KALIN DRAGNEVSKI, & ROBERT F. COCHRANE | 175 |
| 20.1 | Introduction | 175 |
| 20.2 | Experimental Method | 177 |
| 20.3 | Experimental Evidence for Deformed Dendritic Structures | 178 |
| 20.4 | Discussion | 179 |
| 20.5 | Summary & Conclusions | 183 |
| | References | 183 |
| 21 | Effect of Hydrodynamics on Microstructure Evolution of Nd-Fe-B Alloys R. HERMANN, G. GERBETH, O. FILIP, J. PRIEDE, V. SHATROV | 185 |
| | Abstract | 185 |
| 21.1 | Introduction | 185 |
| 21.2 | Experimental | 186 |
| 21.3 | Results | 187 |
| 21.3.1 | Levitation | 187 |
| 21.3.2 | Magnetic Two-phase Stirrer | 190 |
| 21.4 | Conclusions | 192 |
| | Acknowledgements | 193 |
| | References | 193 |
| 22 | Effect of the Fluid Convection Driven by a Rotating Magnetic Field on the Solidification of a PbSn Alloy B. WILLERS, S. ECKERT, U. MICHEL, G. ZOUHAR | 194 |
| 22.1 | Introduction | 194 |
| 22.2 | Experimental Procedure | 195 |
| 22.3 | Discussion of the Results | 197 |
| 22.3.1 | Thermal analysis | 197 |
| 22.3.2 | UDV Measurements | 199 |
| 22.3.3 | Microstructure | 200 |
| 22.4 | Discussion, Conclusions | 202 |
| | Acknowledgement | 202 |
| | References | 203 |
| 23 | Grain Sedimentation and Melt Convection Phenomena During Globular Equiaxed Solidification M. WU, A. LUDWIG and A. BÜHRIG-POLACZEK | 204 |
| 23.1 | Introduction | 204 |
| 23.2 | Brief Description of the Numerical Model | 205 |
| 23.3 | Experimental procedure | 207 |
| 23.4 | Results and discussions | 208 |
| 23.5 | Conclusions and outlook | 211 |
| | Acknowledgments | 212 |
| | References | 212 |
| 24 | Metastable Primary Soldification Modes in the Fe-Cr-Ni System During Laser Welding H. SCHOBBERT, TH. BÖLLINGHAUS, M. WOLF | 213 |
| | Abstract | 213 |
| 24.1 | Introduction | 213 |
| 24.2 | Ferrite – Austenite Type of Primary Solidification Change | 214 |
| 24.3 | Geometric Analysis of Solidification Structures | 218 |
| 24.4 | Metastable States and Epitaxial Effects at the Fusion Line | 222 |
| 24.5 | Metastable Ferritic Solidification | 223 |
| 24.6 | Conclusions | 225 |
| | References | 226 |
| 25 | Crystallization of the Nd2Fe14B Peritectic Phase from the Undercooled Melt by Containerless Processing SHUMPEI OZAWA, MINGJUN LI, SUGURU SUGIYAMA, ITARU JIMBO and KAZUHIKO KURIBAYASHI | 227 |
| 25.1 | Introduction | 227 |
| 25.2 | Experimental Procedure | 228 |
| 25.3 | Results | 228 |
| 25.3.1 | Nd11.8Fe82.3B5.9 (Nd2Fe14B) Alloy | 228 |
| 25.3.2 | Nd14Fe79B7 Alloy | 231 |
| 25.4 | Discussions | 234 |
| 25.5 | Conclusion | 237 |
| | Acknowledgements | 237 |
| | References | 238 |
| 26 | Thermomagnetic Analyses of Nd-Fe-B Bulk Alloys Solidified from the Undercooled Melt S. REUTZEL, T. VOLKMANN, J. GAO, J. STROHMENGER, D.M. HERLACH | 239 |
| | Abstract | 239 |
| 26.1 | Introduction | 239 |
| 26.2 | Experimental | 240 |
| 26.3 | Results and Discussion | 241 |
| 26.4 | Summary | 248 |
| | Acknowledgements | 248 |
| | References | 249 |
| 27 | Analysis of the Solidification Microstructure of Multi-component Gamma Titanium Aluminide Alloys VIOLA KÜSTNER, MICHAEL OEHRING, ANITA CHATTERJEE, Helmut Clemens, Fritz Appel | 250 |
| 27.1 | Introduction | 250 |
| 27.2 | Experiments | 251 |
| 27.3 | Results | 251 |
| 27.4 | Discussion | 255 |
| 27.5 | Conclusions | 257 |
| | Acknowledgements | 257 |
| | References | 257 |
| 28 | Formation of Eutectic Cells in Ternary Al-Cu-Ag Alloys ULRIKE HECHT, VICTOR WITUSIEWICZ, ANNE DREVERMANN, STEPHAN REX | 259 |
| 28.1 | Introduction | 259 |
| 28.2 | Experimental Procedure | 260 |
| 28.2.1 | Sample Material | 260 |
| 28.2.2 | Solidification Process and Sample Analysis | 260 |
| 28.3 | Experimental Results | 261 |
| 28.3.1 | Planar Coupled Growth | 262 |
| 28.3.2 | Cellular Coupled Growth: Elongated and Regular Cells | 264 |
| 28.4 | Discussion of the Process of Cell Formation | 267 |
| 28.5 | Summary and Outlook | 269 |
| | Acknowledgements | 270 |
| | References | 270 |
| 29 | Lamellar Pattern Formation during 2D-Directional Solidification of Ternary Eutectic Alloys MARKUS APEL, BERND BÖTTGER, VICTOR WITUSIEWICZ, ULRIKE HECHT, INGO STEINBACH | 271 |
| 29.1 | Introduction | 271 |
| 29.2 | Phase Field Model | 271 |
| 29.2.1 | Material Data | 273 |
| 29.2.2 | Numerical Aspects and Simulation Procedure | 274 |
| 29.3 | Simulation Results | 275 |
| 29.3.1 | The Basic State and Tilted Growth | 275 |
| 29.3.2 | Higher Order Stacking Sequences and Axisymmetric Growth | 277 |
| 29.4 | Discussion and Summary | 277 |
| | Acknowledgement | 278 |
| | References | 279 |
| 30 | Simulation of Stray Grain Formation in Investment Cast Turbine Blades X. L. YANG, H. B. DONG, W. WANG and P. D. LEE | 280 |
| | Abstract | 280 |
| 30.1 | Introduction | 280 |
| 30.2 | Model Description | 281 |
| 30.3 | Simulation Parameters | 282 |
| 30.4 | Results and Discussion | 283 |
| 30.4.1 | Effect of Withdrawal Velocity and Isothermal Conditions on Undercooling | 283 |
| 30.4.2 | Dendritic Growth and Stray Grain Formation | 284 |
| 30.4.3 | Effect of Withdrawal Velocity on Stray Grain Formation | 286 |
| 30.4.4 | Effect of Inclination Angle of Isotherms on Stray Grain Formation | 287 |
| 30.5 | Conclusions | 288 |
| | Acknowledgements | 288 |
| | References | 288 |
| 31 | Laser Cladding Applications to Combinatorial Materials Science R. VILAR, P. CARVALHO, R. COLAÇO | 290 |
| | Abstract | 290 |
| 31.1 | Introduction | 290 |
| 31.2 | Laser Assisted Synthetic Methods | 292 |
| 31.3 | Examples of Application | 293 |
| 31.3.1 | Structure and Properties of Ni-Al-Co Alloys | 293 |
| 31.3.2 | Metal-matrix-composites for Wear-resistant Coatings | 295 |
| 31.4 | Conclusions | 298 |
| | References | 298 |
| 32 | Control of Morphological Features in Micropatterned Ultrathin Films E. MEYER, H.-G. BRAUN | 300 |
| | Abstract | 300 |
| 32.1 | Introduction | 300 |
| 32.2 | Experimental | 301 |
| 32.3 | Results and Discussion | 301 |
| 32.4 | Perspectives | 307 |
| | Acknowledgement | 308 |
| | References | 308 |
| | Author Index | 311 |
| | Subject Index | 313 |
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