Capillarity-Limited Steady-State Dendritic Growth. Part 1. Theoretical Development.

Abstract

A set of integro-differential equations describing steady-state nonisothermal dendritic growth is developed via a time-dependent approach. The steady-state equations are studied in detail for the case of isotropic, capillarity-limited growth, and it is shown that the equations assume a form particularly suitable for solution by successive linearization about the known isothermal solution. Of major importance is that the conditions necessary for the existence of a solution to the linearized equations provide a theoretical estimate of the relationship between growth rate and supercooling. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780781

Entities

People

  • Gerald E. Nash

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capillarity
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Mathematics
  • Steady State
  • Supercooling

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.