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Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials

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Author(s)

James A. Warren, R Kobayashi, A E. Lobkovsky, W Carter

Abstract

We present a new, two dimensional phase field model of grain boundary statics and dynamics. We begin with a brief description and physical motivation of the crystalline phase field model. The description if followed by characterization and analysis of some noteworthy microstructural implications: the grain boundary energy as a function of misorientation, the dihedral angle, the wetting condition for a phase boundary and stabilized widths of intercalating phases at grain boundaries, and the potential for grain rotation as a mode of microstructural evolution. Simulations that demonstrate these implications are presented with a description of the numerical methods that were used to obtain them.
Citation
Acta Materialia
Volume
51
Issue
No. 20
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Crystalline Interfaces, grain boundary statics and dynamics, microstructural evolution, Phase Field Model

Citation

Warren, J. , Kobayashi, R. , Lobkovsky, A. and Carter, W. (2003), Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials, Acta Materialia (Accessed October 7, 2025)

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Created December 1, 2003, Updated February 17, 2017
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