A random field model for generating synthetic microstructures of functionally graded materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 972-993

  Rahman, Sharif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Filtered Poisson field; Level cut field; Monte Carlo simulation; Reconstruction algorithm; Statistically inhomogeneous media

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; RANDOM VARIABLES; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FILTERED POISSON FIELD; LEVEL-CUT FIELD; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; STATISTICALLY INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 60949086837     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2340     Document Type: Article

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