Advances in Solidification Processes
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 422
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Solidification phenomena play an important role in many processes, of which they determine all or part of the targeted properties. The science of solidification has the particularity of bringing together a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, and of combining physics, chemistry, and mechanics. Although it is generally focused on metallic materials, solidification also encompasses various applications, ranging from the food industry to the heavy metallurgical industry, through microelectronics. There are, however, some common grounds that we would like to address in this Special Issue.
You are invited to submit high-quality research, technical, or review papers to this Special Issue, related to recent advances in solidification processes. Some areas of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, fundamentals, modeling, characterization, and processes involving solidification.
If you need any further information about this Special Issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Dr. Julien Zollinger
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solidification fundamentals (thermodynamics, nucleation, crystal growth kinetics, coarsening, mushy zone, fragmentation, etc.)
- modeling and simulation (analytical and numerical models, numerical methods, verification and validation of models)
- solidification observations (advanced microscopy, electron beam analysis, transparent organic analogues, X-ray tomography, etc.)
- solidification processing (continuous casting, shape casting, ingots, directional solidification, rapid solidification, semi-solid processing, welding, additive manufacturing, etc.)
- other solidification accompanying phenomena (columnar-to-equiaxed transition, micro- and macrosegregation, etc.)
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