Regular dendritic patterns induced by non-local time-periodic forcing

Details Regular dendritic patterns induced by non-local time-periodic forcing Regular dendritic patterns induced by non-local time-periodic forcing

2000-06-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006284v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

15 pages, 23 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

The dynamic response of dendritic solidification to spatially homogeneous time-periodic forcing has been studied. Phase-field calculations performed in two dimensions (2D) and experiments on thin (quasi 2D) liquid crystal layers show that the frequency of dendritic side-branching can be tuned by oscillatory pressure or heating. The sensitivity of this phenomenon to the relevant parameters, the frequency and amplitude of the modulation, the initial undercooling and the anisotropies of the interfacial free energy and molecule attachment kinetics, has been explored. It has been demonstrated that besides the side-branching mode synchronous with external forcing as emerging from the linear Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin analysis, modes that oscillate with higher harmonic frequencies are also present with perceptible amplitudes.

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