Key features of the joint event
- Solidification processes and solidification science
- Limited attendance (round 200 participants) to provide an optimal atmosphere for exchanges
- To the utmost extent bring together expertise from both modeling and experimental researches in the field of solidification
- 3 parallel sessions, international attendance, duration of 4 days, and UNESCO World Heritage city of Salzburg
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Solidification fundamentals
(thermodynamics, nucleation, crystal growth kinetics, coarsening, mushy zone, fragmentation, etc.)
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Modeling and simulation
(analytical and numerical models, numerical methods, verification and validation of models)
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Solidification observations
(advanced microscopy, electron beam analysis, transparent organic analogues, X-ray tomography, confocal scanning laser microscope, imaging and analysis)
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Solidification processing
(continuous casting, shape casting, ingot, directional solidification, rapid solidification, semi-solid processing, welding, additive manufacturing, solidification/remelting under imposed electromagnetic or high magnetic fields, etc.)
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Structural/compositional heterogeneity and other solidification accompanying phenomena
(columnar-to-equiaxed transition, micro- and macrosegregation, cavity and porosity, hot tearing, non-metallic inclusions, stress-strain and deformation, etc.)