Abstract
Three-dimensional, time-dependent features of melt flows which occur during the Czochralski growth of oxide crystals are analyzed using a theoretical bulk-flow model. The transition from a steady, axisymmetric flow to a time-dependent, three-dimensional state characterized by an annular wave structure is found to strongly affect the temperature distribution and heat transfer through the melt. The results are obtained using a novel, massively parallel implementation of the Galerkin finite element method which affords high spatial resolution of the computed flows.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 169-181 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Crystal Growth |
| Volume | 152 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jul 1 1995 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant number DMR-9058386, the University of Minnesota Army High Performance Computing Research Center (under the auspices of the US Army, Army Research Office), and the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute.