Additive manufacturing (AM) is emerging as an alternative to conventional subtractive
manufacturing methods with the goal to deliver unique and complex net or near-net shaped …

Since the beginning of the industrial age, material performance and design have been in the
midst of innovation of many disruptive technologies. Today's electronics, space, medical …

We present the infinitesimal-strain version of a formulation based on fast Fourier transforms
(FFT) for the prediction of micromechanical fields in polycrystals deforming in the elasto …

Electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD) has made an impressive impact on the
characterization of materials by directly linking microstructure and crystallographic texture to …

The rapid development of electron tomography, in particular the introduction of novel
tomographic imaging modes, has led to the visualization and analysis of three-dimensional …

Many physical and mechanical properties of crystalline materials depend strongly on their
internal structure, which is typically organized into grains and domains on several length …

This is the first of a two-part paper aimed at developing a robust framework for the collection,
quantification and simulation of 3D polycrystalline microstructures. Serial-sectioning …

This paper reviews the current state of the art in the simulation of the mechanical behavior of
polycrystalline materials by means of computational homogenization. The key ingredients of …

Focused ion beam microscopes are extremely versatile and powerful instruments for
materials research. These microscopes, when coupled in a system with a scanning electron …

This completely revised and expanded new edition covers the full range of techniques now
available for the investigation of materials structure and accurate quantitative determination …