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Three-dimensional flow instabilities during alloy solidification

Baker, Carolyn F.; Riahi, Daniel N.

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Title
Three-dimensional flow instabilities during alloy solidification
Author(s)
  • Baker, Carolyn F.
  • Riahi, Daniel N.
Issue Date
1997-10
Keyword(s)
  • Alloy Solidification
  • Flow Instabilities
Abstract
Three-dimensional linear flow instabilities of oscillatory and stationary types and initial formation of chimneys in a mushy region during solidification of a binary alloy are investigated. Chimneys are vertical channels that can lead to freckles in the solidified material. Freckles are imperfections that interrupt the uniformity of the solidified material and cause areas of mechanical weakness. A stability analysis and numerical computations for deformed liquid-mush and deformed mush-solid interfaces provide information on portion of the neutral stability surface, velocity data and density data for the solid fraction perturbation in the mushy layer that leads to local regions of chimney formation. The results for the flow pattern in the form of steady and oscillatory hexagons indicate distinct hexagonal modes of steady and oscillatory convection. The importance and roles of these modes are discussed in relation to various flow features and chimney formation in the mushy layer, as well as to future nonlinear instability research with application to freckles elimination. The more critical instability modes detected in this study appear to be oscillatory hexagons in the form of standing waves.
Publisher
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
  • TAM R 866
  • 1997-6027
ISSN
0073-5264
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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Copyright 1997 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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