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The architectures of biological hard materials reveal finely tailored complex assemblies of mineral crystals. Numerous recent studies associate the design of these local assemblies with impressive macroscopic response. Reproducing such…
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Microstructure reconstruction has been an essential part of computational material engineering to reveal the relationship between microstructures and material properties. However, finding a general solution for microstructure…
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An effective model is identified for thin perfectly plastic plates whose microstructure consists of the periodic assembling of two elastoplastic phases, as the periodicity parameter converges to zero. Assuming that the thickness of the…
It is often observed that martensitic microstructures in adjacent polycrystal grains are related. For example, micrographs of Arlt exhibit propagation of layered structures across grain boundaries in the cubic-to-tetragonal phase…
Stochastic microstructure reconstruction involves digital generation of microstructures that match key statistics and characteristics of a (set of) target microstructure(s). This process enables computational analyses on ensembles of…
The forward transformation from face centered cubic austenite to body centered cubic/tetragonal martensite in ferrous alloys can significantly in- fluence the microstructure and mechanical properties of the material. Inferring possible high…
Microstructure reconstruction is an important cornerstone to the inverse materials design concept. In this work, a general algorithm is developed to reconstruct a three-dimensional microstructure from given descriptors. Based on…
Spatial imaging of magnetic stray fields from magnetic materials is a useful tool for identifying the underlying magnetic configurations of the material. However, transforming the magnetic image into a magnetization image is an ill-poised…
Properties of crystalline materials are closely linked to microstructure arising from the spatial arrangement, orientation, and phase of nanocrystals. Rapid characterization of crystalline microstructure can accelerate the identification of…
Shape memory alloys inherit their macroscopic properties from their mesoscale microstructure originated from the martensitic phase transformation. In a cubic to orthorhombic transition, a single variant of marten- site can have a compatible…
Microstructure reconstruction is an important and emerging aspect of computational materials engineering and multiscale modeling and simulation. Despite extensive research and fast progress in the field, the application of descriptor-based…