Application of fractal theory on the study of solid-liquid interface morphology：（应用分形理论研究固液界面形态）.pdfVIP

J O U R NA L O F M AT E R I A L S S C I E N C E L E T T E R S 1 6 ( 1 9 9 7 ) 5 0 5 – 5 0 7 Application of fractal theory on the study of solid–liquid interface morphology LILING SUN, LIANKE DONG, JIHUA ZHANG, ZHUANGQI HU Institute of Metal Research, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110015, People’s Republic of China The solidification process of an alloy is a compli- but still display scale symmetry and self-similarity in cated phenomenon, involving heat transfer, solute statistical significance, so the fractals with self- redistribution and fluid flow, all of which are closely similarity satisfy only a part of the fractal sets of related with interface dynamics. The morphology ‘‘D . DT ’’, not the whole. Falconer [6] pointed out and evolution of a solidification interface have been that: ‘‘Many of the classical fractal sets are self- the key problems in the solidification research field. similar’’ (but not all of them), and ‘‘a set of For many years the morphology of the solid–liquid similitude satisfying an ‘open set condition’ is a interface was described only qualitatively by means self-similar S-set’’. This indicated that the ‘‘open set of microscopy, which gives many problems in having condition’’ plays an important role, i.e. ‘‘self- a deep understanding because of a lack of a similar’’ is not an ample condition of a fractal. For quantitative base. In recent years fractal geometry example, the Leve distribution, although F(t) ÿ t is has attracted many scientists working in various self-similar, is fractal only when 0 , , 1 and research fields and much work has been done [1–3].