Phase field crystal simulation of grain boundary motion, grain rotation and dislocation reactions in a BCC bicrystal

A Yamanaka, K McReynolds, PW Voorhees - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
We investigate grain boundary motion and grain rotation in a body-centered cubic bicrystal
composed of a spherical grain embedded in a single crystal matrix by three-dimensional …

A unified framework for polycrystal plasticity with grain boundary evolution

NC Admal, G Po, J Marian - International Journal of Plasticity, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic deformation in polycrystals is governed by the interplay between intra-granular slip
and grain boundary-mediated plasticity. However, while the role played by bulk dislocations …

Revealing grain boundary kinetics in three-dimensional space

Y Chen, J Han, H Deng, G Cao, Z Zhang, Q Zhu… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Grain boundaries (GBs) in polycrystalline and nanocrystalline materials are rarely flat, and
their curvatures often evolve dynamically in three-dimensional (3D) GB network under …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-physics model for the evolution of grain microstructure

IT Tandogan, M Budnitzki, S Sandfeld - International Journal of Plasticity, 2025 - Elsevier
When a metal is loaded mechanically at elevated temperatures, its grain microstructure
evolves due to multiple physical mechanisms. Two of which are the curvature-driven …

A three-dimensional misorientation axis-and inclination-dependent Kobayashi–Warren–Carter grain boundary model

NC Admal, J Segurado, J Marian - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Kobayashi–Warren–Carter (KWC) phase-field model was originally conceived
for two-dimensional systems to model grain boundary migration and grain rotation, which …

Grain boundary-and triple junction-induced martensitic transformations: A phase-field study of effects of grain boundary width and energy

A Basak - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
An original thermodynamically consistent large strains-based general multiphase phase-
field (PF) approach of Ginzburg–Landau type is developed for studying the grain boundary …

Biological growth in bodies with incoherent interfaces

D Swain, A Gupta - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A general theory of thermodynamically consistent biomechanical–biochemical growth in a
body, considering mass addition in the bulk and at an incoherent interface, is developed …

Plasticity in multi-phase solids with incoherent interfaces and junctions

A Basak, A Gupta - Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 2016 - Springer
Boundaries and junctions (both internal and external) can contribute significantly to the
plastic deformation of metallic solids, especially when the average size of the grains …

Simulation of grain growth under simultaneous grain boundary migration and grain rotation using multi-order parameter phase-field model

A Vuppuluri, S Vedantam - Journal of Materials Science, 2019 - Springer
Study of microstructure evolution in the form of grain growth in polycrystalline materials has
been an important goal for material scientists as it drastically affects physical and …

Influence of bulk energy and triple junction mobility on interface kinetics-A tool for interpretation of experiments

K Hackl, AU Khan, FD Fischer, J Svoboda - Acta materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
A material system consisting of a lamellar grain structure adjacent to a large single grain is
investigated. The system evolution is driven by changing of interface energy of the lamellar …