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150 µm
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Fig. 5 Comparison of real (left) and synthetic (right) microstructures for Ti+B powder mixtures.
The synthetic microstructures were generated using particle packing algorithms and particle
libraries obtained from montage serial sectioning [35, 36]. There is good visual correspondence
between the microstructures, and two-point correlation functions and lineal-path probability
functions confirm this to a high degree [35]
Particle packing algorithms and simulation methodologies using vendor-based
particle libraries [27, 36] have also been used to successfully build synthetic
microstructures for direct numerical simulation. Figure 5 shows real and synthetic
microstructures that can be built via particle packing and montage serial sectioning.
These microstructural representations were validated by comparing the two-point
correlation functions for the real and synthetic structures to ensure the microstructural features being simulated matched reality. Improved and automated ways of
building synthetic microstructures present a new opportunity to explore possible
effects that a microstructural configuration can have on the bulk dynamic response
of a system.
M. Gonzales and N. N. Thadhani
150 µm
150 µm
150 µm
150 µm
Fig. 5 Comparison of real (left) and synthetic (right) microstructures for Ti+B powder mixtures.
The synthetic microstructures were generated using particle packing algorithms and particle
libraries obtained from montage serial sectioning [35, 36]. There is good visual correspondence
between the microstructures, and two-point correlation functions and lineal-path probability
functions confirm this to a high degree [35]
Particle packing algorithms and simulation methodologies using vendor-based
particle libraries [27, 36] have also been used to successfully build synthetic
microstructures for direct numerical simulation. Figure 5 shows real and synthetic
microstructures that can be built via particle packing and montage serial sectioning.
These microstructural representations were validated by comparing the two-point
correlation functions for the real and synthetic structures to ensure the microstructural features being simulated matched reality. Improved and automated ways of
building synthetic microstructures present a new opportunity to explore possible
effects that a microstructural configuration can have on the bulk dynamic response
of a system.