A preliminary study of numerical simulation of thermosolutal convection of interest to crystal growth
Abstract
Calculations were performed with computer models using three types of finite difference methods of thermosolutal convection: horizontal heating of a container filled with a stably stratified solution, finger convection in a container, and finger convection in a horizontally infinite channel. The importance of including thermosolutal convection in models of crystal growth is emphasized, and the difficulties in doing so are demonstrated. It is pointed out that these difficulties, due primarily to the fine structure of the convection, may be partly overcome by the use of fine grids and implicit time stepping methods.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- November 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984STIN...8513175M
- Keywords:
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- Convection;
- Crystal Growth;
- Fluid Flow;
- Mathematical Models;
- Boundary Value Problems;
- Diffusivity;
- Finite Difference Theory;
- Temperature Gradients;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer