Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.209, No.4, 983-993, 2000
Die optimal shape in a crystal growth process
The optimal shape design of the die in a crystal growth process is carried on. In the first part, the physical problem and its modelization are presented. In the second part, the mathematical problem which consists in solving an optimal shape design based on transformation of domains is treated. The basic notions of this technique are briefly recalled and the numerical algorithm is explained in detail. Then, in the last part, numerical results are presented.
Keywords:shaped crystal growth;die;mean curvature equation;domains transformation technique;optimization