| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 65, Number 2, January 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 276 - 282 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10078-2 | |
| Published online | 01 January 2004 | |
Stability of hexagonal solidification patterns
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique - 91128 Palaiseau, France
Received:
8
August
2003
Accepted:
17
November
2003
We investigate the dynamics of cellular solidification patterns using three-dimensional phase-field simulations. The cells can organize into stable hexagonal patterns or exhibit unsteady evolutions. We identify the relevant secondary instabilities of regular hexagonal arrays and find that the stability boundaries depend significantly on the strength of crystalline anisotropy. We also find multiplet states that can be reached by applying well-defined perturbations to a pre-existing hexagonal array.
PACS: 81.30.Fb – Solidification / 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics / 64.70.Dv – Solid-liquid transitions
© EDP Sciences, 2004
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