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Efficient Computation of Dendritic Microstructures using Adaptive Mesh Refinement

Materials Science 2009-10-30 v2 Pattern Formation and Solitons patt-sol

Abstract

We study dendritic microstructure evolution using an adaptive grid, finite element method applied to a phase-field model. The computational complexity of our algorithm, per unit time, scales linearly with system size, rather than the quadratic variation given by standard uniform mesh schemes. Time-dependent calculations in two dimensions are in good agreement with the predictions of solvability theory, and can be extended to three dimensions and small undercoolings

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9710167,
  title  = {Efficient Computation of Dendritic Microstructures using Adaptive Mesh Refinement},
  author = {Nikolas Provatas and Nigel Goldenfeld and Jonathan Dantzig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9710167},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

typo in a parameter of Fig. 1; 4 pages, 4 postscript figures, in LateX, (revtex)