Phase-field simulation of solid state sintering

J Hötzer, M Seiz, M Kellner, W Rheinheimer, B Nestler - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Manufacturing materials for high performance applications with tailored properties requires
a deep knowledge about the sintering process and especially the underlying microstructure …

Phase-field modeling of complex interface dynamics in drop-laden turbulence

A Roccon, F Zonta, A Soldati - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
Turbulent flows laden with large, deformable drops are ubiquitous in nature and in a wide
range of industrial processes. Prediction of the interactions between drops, which deform …

A Review of Large-Scale Simulations of Microstructural Evolution during Alloy Solidification

N Cusato, SA Nabavizadeh, M Eshraghi - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
During the past two decades, researchers have shown interest in large-scale simulations to
analyze alloy solidification. Advances in in situ X-ray observations of the microstructural …

Thermomechanically coupled theory in the context of the multiphase-field method

A Prahs, M Reder, D Schneider, B Nestler - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The modeling and simulation of microstructure evolution is usually subject to the multiphase-
field method. In this context, thermomechanical coupling is often neglected, even when non …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of porous membranes using artificial neural networks

Y Zhao, P Altschuh, J Santoki, L Griem, G Tosato… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Porous membranes have been utilized intensively in a wide range of fields due to their
special characteristics and a rigorous characterization of their microstructures is crucial for …

A multiphase-field approach to small strain crystal plasticity accounting for balance equations on singular surfaces

A Prahs, L Schöller, FK Schwab, D Schneider… - Computational …, 2024 - Springer
An implementation of the crystal plasticity theory in the context of the multiphase-field
method provides a numerically efficient tracking of evolving grain boundaries, modeled as …

Microstructure evolution accounting for crystal plasticity in the context of the multiphase-field method

T Kannenberg, L Schöller, A Prahs, D Schneider… - Computational …, 2024 - Springer
The role of grain boundaries (GBs) and especially the migration of GBs is of utmost
importance in regard of the overall mechanical behavior of polycrystals. By implementing a …

Incomplete crack sealing causes localization of fracturing in hydrothermal quartz veins

M Späth, JL Urai, B Nestler - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic microfracturing and epitaxial crystal growth have long been recognized in crack‐seal
veins, but an understanding of a single crack‐seal cycle is still missing. Here we present a …

PRISMS-PF: A general framework for phase-field modeling with a matrix-free finite element method

S DeWitt, S Rudraraju, D Montiel… - npj Computational …, 2020 - nature.com
A new phase-field modeling framework with an emphasis on performance, flexibility, and
ease of use is presented. Foremost among the strategies employed to fulfill these objectives …

Gibbs energy and phase-field modeling of ferromagnetic ferrite (α)→ paramagnetic austenite (γ) transformation in Fe–C alloys under an external magnetic field

Y Zeng, T Mittnacht, W Werner, Y Du, D Schneider… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantitative simulation of microstructure evolution during heat-treatment of alloys under
external magnetic field represents a severe challenge. In the present work, the Gibbs free …