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Phase-Fields and the Renormalization Group: A Continuum Approach to Multiscale Modeling of Materials

Athreya, Badrinarayan

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Title
Phase-Fields and the Renormalization Group: A Continuum Approach to Multiscale Modeling of Materials
Author(s)
Athreya, Badrinarayan
Issue Date
2006
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
  • Dantzig, Jonathan A.
  • Goldenfeld, Nigel D.
Department of Study
Mechanical Engineering
Discipline
Mechanical Engineering
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Engineering, Materials Science
Language
eng
Abstract
A chapter of this thesis also examines the effect of confinement on dendritic growth, during equiaxed solidification in a pure material and the directional solidification of a dilute binary alloy, using phase-field models.
Graduation Semester
2006
Type of Resource
text
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