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A graphically enhanced discrete computer
simulation methodology has been developed. The computer model takes
Orientation Image Microscope (OIM) measurements as an input. It
also allows user to generate input data based on X-ray or neutron
diffraction measurements. The abundant information contained in
OIM measurements allows the computer model to incorporate many structural
characteristics of polycrystalline
materials such as, texture, grain boundary, grain shape and size,
phase composition, chemical composition, stored elastic energy,
and residual stress. Two dimensional measurements can be used to
reassemble three dimensional structures. The input parameters of
the model can be obtained from experiments from first principle
calculation. Graphical representation allows user to monitor simulation
of each structural transformation step and to perform virtual experiments.
The computer model has been applied to simulation of oxidation,
recrystallization, grain growth, electrodeposition, and diffusion.
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