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Physica D 63 (1993) 410-423 North-Holland PHYSICAI Modeling and numerical simulations of dendritic crystal growth R y o K o b a y a s h i Department of Applied Mathematics and lnformatics, Ryukoku University, Seta, Ohtsu 520-21, Japan Received 12 August 1991 Revised manuscript received 10 June 1992 Accepted 31 July 1992 Communicated by M. Mimura A simple phase field model for one component melt growth is presented, which includes anisotropy in a certain form. The formation of various dendritic patterns can be shown by a series of numerical simulations of this model. Qualitative relations between the shapes of crystals and some physical parameters are discussed. Also it is shown that noises give a crucial influence on the side branch structure of dendrites in some situations. 1. Introduction of typical dendritic patterns essentially. For this reason, all the computations and all the discus- Crystal growth in one of the most fascinating sions in this paper are devoted to the morpholo- phenomena of spontaneous pattern formations in gy of the crystals. nature. For instance, snowflakes have various There are two types of the crystal forms; such types of very beautiful and complicated shapes, as equilibrium and growth. The equilibrium although they are formed in almost uniform forms are determined so as to minimize the circumstances. Also dendritic