The shape of dendritic tips

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The present article is focused on the shapes of dendritic tips occurring in undercooled binary systems in the absence of convection. A circular/globular shape appears in limiting cases of small and large Péclet numbers. A parabolic/paraboloidal shape describes the tip regions of dendrites whereas a fractional power law defines a shape behind their tips in the case of low/moderate Péclet number. The parabolic/paraboloidal and fractional power law shapes are sewed together in the present work to describe the dendritic shape in a broader region adjacent to the dendritic tip. Such a generalized law is in good agreement with the parabolic/paraboloidal and fractional power laws of dendritic shapes. A special case of the angled dendrite is considered and analysed in addition. The obtained results are compared with previous experimental data and the results of numerical simulations on dendritic growth.

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Alexandrov, D. V., & Galenko, P. K. (2020, May 15). The shape of dendritic tips. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. Royal Society Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0243

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