Dependence of microporosity formation on the direction of solidification

The aim of this paper is to suggest a new approach in the investigation of the effect of gravity on microporosity formation in solidification of binary alloys. Instead of traditional unidirectional solidification from the bottom, which involves solidification against the gravity, we suggest to carry out solidification from the top, which involves solidification along the gravity. Numerical modeling performed in this paper suggests an experimental study that compares the results of these two experiments, which potentially reveals some important data concerning the influence of gravity on microporosity formation and also could be used as a tool for validation of microporosity formation models.