Modeling polycrystals with regular polyhedra

Materials Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-236

  Rios, Paulo Rangel ^a   Glicksman, Martin Eden ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Foams; Grain growth; Microstructure; Polycrystals

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYCRYSTALS; TOPOLOGY;

GLICKSMAN'S METHOD; REGULAR POLYHEDRA; SPACE-FILLING IRREGULAR NETWORK STRUCTURE; VON NEUMANN-MULLINS EQUATION;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33745467782     PISSN: 15161439     EISSN: 15161439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392006000200021     Document Type: Article

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