Continuum Scale Simulation of Engineering Materials

This book fills a gap by presenting our current knowledge and understanding of continuum-based concepts behind computational methods used for microstructure and process simulation of engineering materials above the atomic scale. The volume provides an excellent overview on the different methods, comparing the different methods in terms of their respective particular weaknesses and advantages. This trains readers to identify appropriate approaches to the new challenges that emerge every day in this exciting domain. Divided into three main parts, the first is a basic overview covering fundamental key methods in the field of continuum scale materials simulation. The second one then goes on to look at applications of these methods to the prediction of microstructures, dealing with explicit simulation examples, while the third part discusses example applications in the field of process simulation. By presenting a spectrum of different computational approaches to materials, the book aims to initiate the development of corresponding virtual laboratories in the industry in which these methods are exploited. As such, it addresses graduates and undergraduates, lecturers, materials scientists and engineers, physicists, biologists, chemists, mathematicians, and mechanical engineers.

Die Simulation von Materialien gehört zu den interessantesten neuen Forschungsgebieten der Ingenieurwissenschaften. Dieser Band spricht alle wichtigen Aspekte des Themas an, von den mathematischen Grundlagen der Simulation über Anwendungen beim Design von Mikrostrukturen bis zur computergestützten Werkstoffauswahl und -entwicklung. Doktoranden und Praktiker aus Materialwissenschaft und Technik lernen, aus den existierenden Simulationsmethoden den für ihr Problem am besten geeigneten Ansatz auszuwählen.

IntroductionFUNDAMENTALS AND BASIC METHODSComputational Thermodynamics and Kinetics without Phase Fileds (Thermocalc, Dictra, etc.)Phase Field MethodFluid Materials DynamicsCellular Automata and Lattice Gas AutomataDislocation DynamicsPotts Type modelsCrystal PlasticityArtificial Neural NetworksScaling, Coarse Graining and RenormalizationAPPLICATION TO ENGINEERING MICROSTRUCTURESPhase Field Simulation of SolidificationModeling Dendrititc StructuresNumerical Simulation of Continuous and Investment CastingPhase Field Simulation of Solid-state Phase Transformations and Strain/stress-dominated Microstructure EvolutionFrom Microscopic to Semi-Macroscopic Polymer SimulationsStatistical Theory of Grain GrowthCurvature Driven Grain GrowthPotts Modeling of Grain Growth and RecrystallizationCellular Automaton SimulationVertex Grain Boundary ModelingThermal Activation in Discrete Dislocation Dynamics3D Discrete Dislocation DynamicsDiscrete Dislocation Dynamics in Thin LayersCoarse Graining of Dislocation DynamicsStatistical Dislocation ModelingTaylor-type Homogenization Methods for Texture and AnisotropyMicromechanics of Filled PolymersContinuum Thermodynamic Modelling of Additional HardeningStrain Gradient TheoryYield Surface PlasticityCrystal Plasticity Finite Element MethodTexture Component Crystal Plasticity Finite Element MethodCreep Simulation (Turbine)Micromechanical Simulation of Composites3D Elastodynamics of CrackingComputational Fracture MechanicsAPPLICATION TO MATERIALS PROCESSESArtificial Neural NetworksIntegration of Physically Based Materials ConceptsThe Multiphysics Modeling of Solidification and Melting ProcessesSimulation of Casting and Solidification ProcesesIntegrated Simulation of Multistep Rolling ProcessesForming Analysis and DesignExtrusionSheet SpringbackSheet FormingForgingSimulation of WeldingSimulation of Polymer Materials ProcessingProcess Simulation Using Artificial Neural NetworksLarge Structure Failure SimulationComputational Materials SelectionComputational Materials Design