Preface to the Special Issue on 'Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification, Casting and Refining'

摘要

Seventeen years ago, "The 1st International Symposium on Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidification and Casting (CSSC1999)" took place at Osaka University in Osaka, Japan (Chair: Itsuo Ohnaka). However, thereafter the conference was discontinued. During the first decade of this century, the phase field method, the cellular automaton method, and the in-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging remarkably evolved as general tools for the investigation of solidification, casting and resulting micro-structure formation. Based on this progress, the conference was resumed and the second symposium (CSSC2010) was held on February 3 to 5, 2010 at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan (Chair: Keiji Nakajima). The success of the second symposium initiated the development of a scientific tradition of this symposium, namely to regularly hold it every 3 years and to alternate between the East and the West part of the globe. Then, the third symposium (CSSCR2013) was held on May 20 to 23, 2013 at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland and at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden (Chairs: Keiji Nakajima, Seppo Louhenkilpi, Paer G. Joensson).