Abstract
Effects of convection (forced and natural) on dendritic evolution of the Al-Cu alloy were investigated using a phase-field lattice-Boltzmann approach. The non-linear coupled equations were solved by applying a parallel and adaptive mesh refinement algorithm. Important physical aspects including dendritic fragmentation, splitting, and formation of solute plumes were simulated. Results showed that the dendritic growth patterns under convection exhibited remarkable difference from those without convection. The presence of flow led to variation of solute diffusion and upstream–downstream dendritic growth difference, which further influenced the development of dendritic arms and multi-dendritic competitive growth. When the convection intensity was magnified, the convection-induced anisotropy became dominated, and the growth patterns changed accordingly to accommodate the local thermodynamic variation.
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