TY - JOUR
T1 - On small-time similarity-solution behaviour in the solidification shrinkage of binary alloys
AU - Assunção, M.
AU - Vynnycky, M.
AU - Mitchell, S. L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In the one-dimensional solidification of a binary alloy undergoing shrinkage, there is a relative motion between solid and liquid phases in the mushy zone, leading to the possibility of macrosegregation; thus, the problem constitutes an invaluable benchmark for the testing of numerical codes that model these phenomena. Here, we revisit an earlier obtained solution for this problem, that was posed on a semi-infinite spatial domain and valid for the case of low superheat, with a view to extending it to the more general situation of a finite spatial domain, arbitrarily large superheat and both eutectic and non-eutectic solidification. We find that a similarity solution is available for short times which contains a boundary layer on the liquid side of the mush-liquid interface; this solution is believed to constitute the correct initial condition for the subsequent numerical solution of the full non-similar problem, which is deferred to future work.
AB - In the one-dimensional solidification of a binary alloy undergoing shrinkage, there is a relative motion between solid and liquid phases in the mushy zone, leading to the possibility of macrosegregation; thus, the problem constitutes an invaluable benchmark for the testing of numerical codes that model these phenomena. Here, we revisit an earlier obtained solution for this problem, that was posed on a semi-infinite spatial domain and valid for the case of low superheat, with a view to extending it to the more general situation of a finite spatial domain, arbitrarily large superheat and both eutectic and non-eutectic solidification. We find that a similarity solution is available for short times which contains a boundary layer on the liquid side of the mush-liquid interface; this solution is believed to constitute the correct initial condition for the subsequent numerical solution of the full non-similar problem, which is deferred to future work.
KW - Dimensional analysis and similarity
KW - Dynamics of phase boundaries
KW - Key words:
KW - Moving boundary problems
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U2 - 10.1017/S0956792520000091
DO - 10.1017/S0956792520000091
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083885560
SN - 0956-7925
JO - European Journal of Applied Mathematics
JF - European Journal of Applied Mathematics
ER -