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BraWl: Simulating the thermodynamics and phase stability of multicomponent alloys using conventional and enhanced sampling techniques

Computational Physics 2025-12-11 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

We present BraWl, a Fortran package implementing a range of conventional and enhanced sampling algorithms for exploration of the phase space of the Bragg-Williams model, facilitating study of diffusional solid-solid transformations in binary and multicomponent alloys. These sampling algorithms include Metropolis-Hastings Monte Carlo, Wang-Landau sampling, and Nested Sampling. We demonstrate the capabilities of the package by applying it to some prototypical binary and multicomponent alloys, including high-entropy alloys.

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@article{arxiv.2505.05393,
  title  = {BraWl: Simulating the thermodynamics and phase stability of multicomponent alloys using conventional and enhanced sampling techniques},
  author = {Hubert J. Naguszewski and Livia B. Pártay and David Quigley and Christopher D. Woodgate},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05393},
  year   = {2025}
}

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v1: 8 pages, 4 figures. v2: 10 pages, 4 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:26:00.248Z