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Sharp phase-field modeling of isotropic solidification with a super efficient spatial resolution

Materials Science 2022-02-22 v3 Pattern Formation and Solitons Computational Physics

Abstract

The numerical resolution efficiency of phase-field models is limited by grid friction, grid anisotropy and pinning. The 1D sharp phase-field model eliminates grid friction and pinning by a global restoration of Translational Invariance (TI) in the discretized phase-field equation (Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 025501, 2018). In 3D global TI restricts the beneficial modeling properties to a finite number of fixed interface orientations. We propose an accurate scheme to restore TI locally in the local interface normal direction. At one-grid-point interface resolutions, the new model captures the formation of isotropic seaweed structures without spurious dendritic selection by grid anisotropy.

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@article{arxiv.2202.07433,
  title  = {Sharp phase-field modeling of isotropic solidification with a super efficient spatial resolution},
  author = {Michael Fleck and Felix Schleifer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07433},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, 2 supplementary animations

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