Fundamentals of Solidification 5th edition with Solutions Manual

Since the 4th 1998 edition, there have been numerous crucial advances to the modelling and the basic understanding of solidification phenomena, and with its linking to experimental results. These topics have been incorporated into this 5th Fully Revised Edition, as well as a new final chapter on microstructure selection which explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters for modelling real microstructures, in complex processes such as additive manufacturing. This new 5th edition is of high interest to undergraduate and graduate levels and professionals. With its numerous new topics - also borne out by the new authorship - students and teachers, scientists and engineers will greatly benefit from this new book. The topics are presented in the same praised manner as in previous editions, readable at three levels: - an initial feel for the subject is obtained by consulting the figures and their detailed captions; - a deeper understanding of the underlying physics is found by working through the main text; - 15 appendices offer a detailed analysis of the various theories, by providing detailed derivations of the relevant equations. Particularly Novel: the final chapter 8 on microstructure-selection explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters to model the real microstructures formed during complex processes such as additive manufacturing, and the new detailed phase-field appendix which opens the door to the accurate computer-modelling of growth-forms. This edition goes with a companion Solutions Manual offering model solutions to 133 problems (exercises).

Table of Contents:
Foreword Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Atom Transfer at the Solid-Liquid Interface Chapter Three: Morphological Instability of a Solid/Liquid Interface Chapter Four: Solidification Microstructure: Cells and Dendrites Chapter Five: Solidification Microstructure: Eutectic and Peritectic Chapter Six: Solute Redistribution Chapter Seven: Rapid Solidification Microstructures Chapter Eight: Solidification Microstructure Selection Maps Appendix 1: Mathematical Modelling of Solidification at the Macroscopic Scale Appendix 2: Analytical Solute and Heat Flux Calculations Related to Microstructure Formation Appendix 3: Local Equilibrium at the Solid/Liquid Interface Appendix 4: Nucleation Kinetics in a Pure Substance Appendix 5: Atomic Structure of the Solid/Liquid Interface Appendix 6: Thermodynamics of Rapid Solidification Appendix 7: Analysis of Morphological Interface Stability Appendix 8: Diffusion at a Dendrite Tip Appendix 9: Dendrite Tip Radius and Spacing Appendix 10: Eutectic Growth Appendix 11: Transients in Solute Diffusion Appendix 12: Mass Balance Equations Appendix 13: Homogenisation of Interdendritic Segregation in the Solid State Appendix 14: Introduction to the Phase-Field Method Appendix 15: Relevant Physical Properties for Solidification Symbols Solutions Manual Introduction Exercises Chapter 1 Exercises Chapter 2 Exercises Chapter 3 Exercises Chapter 4 Exercises Chapter 5 Exercises Chapter 6 Exercises Chapter 7 Exercises Chapter 8