Cellular automata modelling of dendritic crystal growth based on Moore and von Neumann neighbourhoods

An important step in understanding crystal growth patterns involves simulation of thegrowth processes using mathematical models. In this paper some commonly used models in thisarea are reviewed and a new simulation model of dendritic crystal growth based on the Mooreand von Neumann neighbourhoods in cellular automata models is introduced. Simulationexamples are employed to find appropriate parameter configurations to generate dendritic crystalgrowth patterns. Based on these new modelling results the relationship between tip growth speedand the parameters of the model are investigated.

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 6(2), 119. Inderscience