Phase-field simulation of Non-Isothermal dendritic growth of NiCu alloy

Phase-field model is used and The dendrite growth of a Ni-40.83%Cu binaryalloy under were simulated by the model coupled with solute field and temperature field.The effects of solidification latent heat on the growth of equiaxed dendrite, distribution of solute field and temperature field in undercooled liquid alloy were analyzed.The results indicate that the dendritic has well-developed secondary arms as undercooling degree increases.Correspondently, the solute Peclet number and the tip speed increases, the tip radius decreases, and the solute segregation in solid-liquid interface increases. The results agree well with Ivantsov theory.