Feedback control of unstable cellular solidification fronts

Details Feedback control of unstable cellular solidification fronts Feedback control of unstable cellular solidification fronts

2006-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608331v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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We present a numerical and experimental study of feedback control of unstable cellular patterns in directional solidification (DS). The sample, a dilute binary alloy, solidifies in a 2D geometry under a control scheme which applies local heating close to the cell tips which protrude ahead of the other. For the experiments, we use a real-time image processing algorithm to track cell tips, coupled with a movable laser spot array device, to heat locally. We show, numerically and experimentally, that spacings well below the threshold for a period-doubling instability can be stabilized. As predicted by the numerical calculations, cellular arrays become stable, and the spacing becomes uniform through feedback control which is maintained with minimal heating.

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