High-performance GPU computing of phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulations for dendrite growth with natural convection

Autor: Tomohiro Takaki, Shinji Sakane, Ryosuke Suzuki
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 1281:012056
ISSN: 1757-899X
1757-8981
Popis: The effect of natural convection on dendrite morphology is investigated through three-dimensional large-scale phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulations using a block-structured adaptive mesh refinement scheme with the mother-leaf method in a parallel-GPU environment. The simulations confirmed that downward buoyancy enhances the growth of the primary and secondary arms, and upward buoyancy delays the growth of those arms. In addition, the effect of natural convection on the solidification morphologies gradually decreased as the primary arm tip reached the top of the computational domain and finally stopped. Furthermore, in the longer simulation under purely isothermal diffusive conditions, detachment of the secondary arms owing to curvature-driven fragmentation was observed. A large-scale non-isothermal dendrite growth simulation was also conducted, wherein it was observed that the tip growth rate of the primary arm was delayed, and the secondary arm spacing was larger than that in the isothermal condition.
Databáze: OpenAIRE