Solidification is one of the oldest processes known for producing complex shapes for applications ranging from art to industry, and today it still remains one of the most important commercial technologies for many materials. Since the 1980s, numerous fundamental developments in the understanding of solidification processes and microstructure formation have been derived from both analytical theories and the application of computational techniques using commonly available powerful computers. This book integrates these developments in a comprehensive volume that also presents and places them in the context of more classical theories. Divided into three sections, the text evolves from fundamentals to applications, giving professional engineers and students a firm understanding that they can readily apply. The first part, Fundamentals and Macroscale Phenomena, presents the thermodynamics of solutions and then builds on that subject to motivate and describe equilibrium phase diagrams. Transport phenomena are discussed next, focusing on the issues of most importance to liquid-solid phase transformations, then moving on to describe in detail both analytical and numerical approaches to solving such problems. The second part, Microstructure, employs these fundamental concepts for the treatment of nucleation, dendritic growth, microsegregation, eutectic and peritectic solidication, and microstructure competition. This part concludes with a chapter describing the coupling of macro- and microscopic phenomena in microstructure development. Defects, the third and final section describes various types of defects that may occur ― with emphasis on porosity, hot tearing, and macrosegregation ― presented using the modeling tools and microstructure descriptions developed earlier in the text. Users of this book can find software, figures, movies, and other supporting materials at the author's website by clicking on the downloads tab above.

Solidification (Engineering Sciences, Materials)

Science & Math

Dantzig, Jonathan

Rappaz, Michel

Earth Sciences

EPFL Press

Rappaz, Michel, Ozgu, Mustafa R., Mahin, Kim Walker

Modeling of Casting, Welding, and Advanced Solidification Processes, V: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Modeling of Casting and ... CASTING AND WELDING PROCESSES//PROCEEDINGS)

Ozgu, Mustafa R.

Mahin, Kim Walker

Technology

Modélisation numérique en science et génie des matériaux: Traité des matériaux - Volume 10

Bellet, Michel

Deville, Michel

PU POLYTECHNIQU

Computing application to materials science is one of the fastest-growing research areas. This book introduces the concepts and methodologies related to the modeling of the complex phenomena occurring in materials processing. It is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and physics, and for engineering professionals or researchers.

Numerical Modelling in Materials Science and Engineering

Mathematics

Springer

Computing application to materials science is one of the fastest-growing research areas. This book introduces the concepts and methodologies related to the modeling of the complex phenomena occurring in materials processing. It is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and physics, and for engineering professionals or researchers.

Numerical Modeling in Materials Science and Engineering (Springer Series in Computational Mathematics)

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