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Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Dendritic Growth

Alain Karma, Wouter-Jan Rappel

patt-solarXiv:patt-sol/9607005

Abstract

Dendritic crystal growth in a pure undercooled melt is simulated quantitatively in three dimensions using a phase-field approach. The full non-axisymmetric morphology of the steady-state dendrite tip and σ* are determined as a function of anisotropy for a crystal with a cubic symmetry. Results are compared to experiment and used to critically test solvability theory.

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