Nonlinear instability and dynamic bifurcation of a plane interface during solidification

By taking average over the curvature, the temperature and its gradient, the solute concentration and its gradient at the flange of planar interface perturbed by sinusoidal ripple during solidification, the nonlinear dynamic equations of the sinusoidal perturbation wave have been set up. Analysis of the nonlinear instability and the behaviors of dynamic bifurcation of the solutions of these equations shows that (i) the way of dynamic bifurcation of the flat-to-cellular interface transition varies with different thermal gradients. The quasi-subcritical-lag bifurcation occurs in the small interface thermal gradient scope, the supercritical-lag bifurcation in the medium thermal gradient scope and the supercritical bifurcation in the large thermal gradient scope. (ii) The transition of cellular-to-flat interface is realized through supercritical inverse bifurcation in the rapid solidification area.