Dendritic growth in Al-Si alloys during brazing. Part 2: Computational modeling

D. P. Sekulic, P. K. Galenko, M. D. Krivilyov, L. Walker, F. Gao

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Abstract

The computational heat and mass transfer modeling approach presented in this paper emphasizes the influence of undercoolings on dendrite structure formations of the alpha phase crystals inherent to advanced phases of an aluminum brazing netshape manufacturing sequence. In the first segment of this work, the empirical evidence involving the outcome of the solidification process and its kinetics was presented. In this paper, simulation of the alpha phase crystal pattern formation is corroborated with empirical findings obtained by utilizing an AA4343/AA3003 brazing sheet exposed to controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) in ultra-high purity nitrogen.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2385-2396
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume48
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The National Science Foundation has provided support through the NSF Grant DMI-9908319, monitored by Dr. Delcie Durham and Dr. Julie Chen. P.K. Galenko acknowledges support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through the research program no. IV RUS 1068584. An early version of some aspects of this research was presented at the 7th Int. Conference on Brazing, LOT 2004 in Aachen, Germany, [24] .

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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