Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2001, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 291-295 .

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A NUMERICAL MODEL OF LAMELLAR SPACING OF Al-Si EUTECTIC

W.Q.Zhang, L.Xiao   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering,Liaoning Technical University,Fuxin 123000,China
  • Received:2001-06-08 Revised:2001-04-10 Online:2001-08-25 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: W.Q.Zhang

Abstract: A numerical model is established to simulate the concentration field in irregular lamel-lar eutectic of Al-Si system.Both the undercooling and spacing are dependent on thegrowth rate and the temperature gradient,and increasing growth rate causes an in-crease of undercooling but a decrease of lamellar spacing,while increasing temperaturegradient leads to a decrease of lamellar spacing.The computed results are in goodagreement with experimental observations.

Key words: irregular eutectic, lamellar spacing, undercooling, growth rate