Dendrite evolution from cellular structures of directionally solidified Al-2wt-% Cu and Al-4 wt-% Cu specimens under step and linear change of displacement velocity was studied with an improved experiment apparatus of directional solidification.The experimental results show that, although the dynamic process of cellular to dendritic transition becomes slow with decrease in the velocity change of specimen displacement,the instability and branching of the cellular structure will rapidly develop a dendritic st...