Understanding and design of metallic alloys guided by phase-field simulations

Y Zhao - npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Phase-field method (PFM) has become a mainstream computational method for predicting
the evolution of nano and mesoscopic microstructures and properties during materials …

Phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution: Recent applications, perspectives and challenges

D Tourret, H Liu, J LLorca - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
We briefly review the state-of-the-art in phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution. The
focus is placed on recent applications of phase-field simulations of solid-state microstructure …

The significance of spatial length scales and solute segregation in strengthening rapid solidification microstructures of 316L stainless steel

T Pinomaa, M Lindroos, M Walbrühl, N Provatas… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Selective laser melting (SLM) can produce outstanding mechanical properties in 316L
stainless steel. Nonetheless, the technique can lead to considerable variation in quality. This …

Modeling the solid electrolyte interphase: Machine learning as a game changer?

D Diddens, WA Appiah, Y Mabrouk… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is a complex passivation layer that forms in situ on
many battery electrodes such as lithium‐intercalated graphite or lithium metal anodes. Its …

Phase field modeling for the morphological and microstructural evolution of metallic materials under environmental attack

TQ Ansari, H Huang, SQ Shi - npj Computational Materials, 2021 - nature.com
The complex degradation of metallic materials in aggressive environments can result in
morphological and microstructural changes. The phase-field (PF) method is an effective …

Multiscale simulation of powder-bed fusion processing of metallic alloys

SM Elahi, R Tavakoli, AK Boukellal, T Isensee… - Computational Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a computational framework for the simulations of powder-bed fusion of metallic
alloys, which combines:(1) CalPhaD calculations of temperature-dependent alloy properties …

Quantitative phase field modeling of solute trapping and continuous growth kinetics in quasi-rapid solidification

T Pinomaa, N Provatas - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Solute trapping is an important phenomenon in rapid solidification of alloys, for which the
continuous growth model (CGM) of Aziz et al.[1] is a popular sharp interface theory. By …

Parallel GPU-accelerated adaptive mesh refinement on two-dimensional phase-field lattice Boltzmann simulation of dendrite growth

S Sakane, T Aoki, T Takaki - Computational Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Simulations of dendritic solidification involving melt convection and solid motion usually
require a considerably higher computational domain than the dendrite size, whose …

Characterizing the microstructural effect of build direction during solidification of laser-powder bed fusion of Al-Si alloys in the dilute limit: a phase-field study

H Azizi, A Ebrahimi, N Ofori-Opoku, M Greenwood… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing experiments using the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) method
reveal that changing the build direction can stimulate morphological transitions in the …

Parallel-GPU-accelerated adaptive mesh refinement for three-dimensional phase-field simulation of dendritic growth during solidification of binary alloy

S Sakane, T Takaki, T Aoki - Materials Theory, 2022 - Springer
In the phase-field simulation of dendrite growth during the solidification of an alloy, the
computational cost becomes extremely high when the diffusion length is significantly larger …