Author:
Wang T,Semenov S,Wang E,Delannoy Y,Fautrelle Y,Budenkova O
Abstract
Abstract
Simulations of equiaxed solidification using two-phase and three-phase models are performed for the experimental benchmark AFRODITE with electromagnetic stirring. A three-phase model presented by authors elsewhere accounts for solid phase, inter- and extradendritic liquid phases. With respect to that model, the two-phase approach can be considered as reduced or simplified, yet, this implies also less number of assumptions regarding closure relations. In simulations, as expected, final segregation obtained with two–phase model is stronger, yet, it is qualitatively similar to the segregation pattern obtained with three-phase model.