2D and 3D multiphysics voronoi cells, based on radial basis functions, for direct mesoscale numerical simulation (DMNS) of the switching phenomena in ferroelectric polycrystalline materials

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-62

  Bishay, Peter L ^a   Atluri, Satya N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barycentric coordinates; Collocation; Ferroelastic; Ferroelectric; Gibbs free energy; Radial basis functions; Switching; Voronoi cells

Indexed keywords

BARYCENTRIC COORDINATES; COLLOCATION; FERROELASTICS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTIONS; VORONOI CELL;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84881076127     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: 15462226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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