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Origin of sidebranching in dendritic growth

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)
We present mechanisms for sidebranch generation in dendritic growth, stressing the importance of nonlinear effects. One such mechanism, which we call solvability-induced sidebranching, relies on the fact that the steady states form a discrete family. In addition, time-dependent simulations of crystal growth in the boundary-layer model are performed. We find that there is a critical value of the anisotropy strength below which the needle crystals are linearly unstable to tip splitting; above this value, the needle crystals have a finite-amplitude instability.
Research Organization:
Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
OSTI ID:
6816257
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. A; (United States) Vol. 35:3; ISSN PLRAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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