Wednesday, May 14

3:00 PM-4:40 PM
Peale C Room

MS35
Phase-Field Modeling of Solidification

Over the past few years,the phase-field method has emerged a one of the most promising methods for the numerical modeling of complex solidification processes. Its principal numerical advantage is that it avoids the need for the tracking of a solid-liquid boundary. This minisymposium will focus on recent advances in phase-field methods as well as its applications to a diversity of solidification processes. These advances are made possible by the increased speed and memory capacity of computers and by new ways of deriving the thin-interface limit. The speakers will provide a concise overview of the current status of the phase-field method and its applications.

Organizers: Wouter-Jan Rappel, Northeastern University; and Geoffrey B. McFadden, National Institute of Standards and Technology

3:00-3:20 Phase Field Modeling of Crystal Growth

Robert F. Sekerka, Carnegie Mellon University

3:25-3:45 Solidification Fronts and Solute Trapping in a Binary Alloy

Paul C. Fife, University of Utah; and Chaim Charach, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

3:50-4:10 Adaptive Meshing and Other Issues in Phase Field Modeling

Robert Almgren, University of Chicago

4:15-4:35 A Computationally Efficient Phase-Field Method for Dendritic Solidification

Wouter-Jan Rappel, Organizer; and Alain Karma, Northeastern University

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