A more accurate two-dimensional grain growth algorithm

Acta Materialia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-372

  Lazar, Emanuel A ^a   MacPherson, Robert D ^b   Srolovitz, David J ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Grain growth; Simulation; von Neumann Mullins theory

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; DISCRETIZATIONS; FRONT TRACKING; GROWTH ALGORITHMS; KINETIC LAW; MEAN CURVATURE FLOW; MESH NODES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MICROSTRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DIMENSION; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAINS; VERTEX MODEL; VON NEUMANN-MULLINS RELATION; VON NEUMANN-MULLINS THEORY;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SIMULATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRAIN GROWTH;

EID: 70449508064     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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