scholarly journals A multi-scale three-dimensional Cellular Automata fracture model of radiolytically oxidised nuclear graphite

Carbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 574-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yelena Vertyagina ◽  
Thomas James Marrow
Author(s):  
A. Shterenlikht ◽  
L. Margetts

A three-dimensional cellular automata (CA) with rectilinear layout is used in this work to create and cleave polycrystalline microstructures. Each crystal is defined by a unique randomly generated orientation tensor. Separate states for grains, grain boundaries, crack flanks and crack fronts are created. Algorithms for progressive cleavage propagation through crystals and across grain boundaries are detailed. The mesh independent cleavage criterion includes the critical cleavage stress and the length scale. Resolution of an arbitrary crystallographic plane within a 26-cell Moore neighbourhood is considered. The model is implemented in Fortran 2008 coarrays. The model gives realistic predictions of grain size and mis-orientation distributions, grain boundary topology and crack geometry. Finally, we show how the proposed CA model can be linked to a finite-element model to produce a multi-scale fracture framework.


2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 20506-1-20506-7
Author(s):  
Min Zhu ◽  
Rongfu Zhang ◽  
Pei Ma ◽  
Xuedian Zhang ◽  
Qi Guo

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction is extensively used in microscopic applications. Reducing excessive error points and achieving accurate matching of weak texture regions have been the classical challenges for 3D microscopic vision. A Multi-ST algorithm was proposed to improve matching accuracy. The process is performed in two main stages: scaled microscopic images and regularized cost aggregation. First, microscopic image pairs with different scales were extracted according to the Gaussian pyramid criterion. Second, a novel cost aggregation approach based on the regularized multi-scale model was implemented into all scales to obtain the final cost. To evaluate the performances of the proposed Multi-ST algorithm and compare different algorithms, seven groups of images from the Middlebury dataset and four groups of experimental images obtained by a binocular microscopic system were analyzed. Disparity maps and reconstruction maps generated by the proposed approach contained more information and fewer outliers or artifacts. Furthermore, 3D reconstruction of the plug gauges using the Multi-ST algorithm showed that the error was less than 0.025 mm.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-757
Author(s):  
Kateryna Hazdiuk ◽  
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Volodymyr Zhikharevich ◽  
Serhiy Ostapov ◽  
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This paper deals with the issue of model construction of the self-regeneration and self-replication processes using movable cellular automata (MCAs). The rules of cellular automaton (CA) interactions are found according to the concept of equilibrium neighborhood. The method is implemented by establishing these rules between different types of cellular automata (CAs). Several models for two- and three-dimensional cases are described, which depict both stable and unstable structures. As a result, computer models imitating such natural phenomena as self-replication and self-regeneration are obtained and graphically presented.


Vibration ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
Waad Subber ◽  
Sayan Ghosh ◽  
Piyush Pandita ◽  
Yiming Zhang ◽  
Liping Wang

Industrial dynamical systems often exhibit multi-scale responses due to material heterogeneity and complex operation conditions. The smallest length-scale of the systems dynamics controls the numerical resolution required to resolve the embedded physics. In practice however, high numerical resolution is only required in a confined region of the domain where fast dynamics or localized material variability is exhibited, whereas a coarser discretization can be sufficient in the rest majority of the domain. Partitioning the complex dynamical system into smaller easier-to-solve problems based on the localized dynamics and material variability can reduce the overall computational cost. The region of interest can be specified based on the localized features of the solution, user interest, and correlation length of the material properties. For problems where a region of interest is not evident, Bayesian inference can provide a feasible solution. In this work, we employ a Bayesian framework to update the prior knowledge of the localized region of interest using measurements of the system response. Once, the region of interest is identified, the localized uncertainty is propagate forward through the computational domain. We demonstrate our framework using numerical experiments on a three-dimensional elastodynamic problem.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Guannan Wang ◽  
Xuefeng Chen

In order to satisfy the increasing computational demands of micromechanics, the Finite-Volume Direct Averaging Micromechanics (FVDAM) theory is developed in three-dimensional (3D) domain to simulate the multiphase heterogeneous materials whose microstructures are distributed periodically in the space. Parametric mapping, which endorses arbitrarily shaped and oriented hexahedral elements in the microstructure discretization, is employed in the unit cell solution. Unlike the finite-element (FE) technique, the expressions for local stiffness matrices are derived explicitly, enabling efficient global stiffness matrix assembly using an easily implementable algorithm. To demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed theory, the homogenized moduli and localized stress distributions produced by the FE analyses are given for comparisons, where excellent agreement is always obtained for the 3D microstructures with different geometrical and material properties. Finally, a multi-scale stress analysis of functionally graded composite cylinders is conducted. This extension further increases the FVDAM’s range of applicability and opens new opportunities for pursuing other areas, providing an attractive alternative to the FE-based approaches that may be compared.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
O Zelevska ◽  
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O Finogenov ◽  
I Ibnukhsein ◽  
V Suvorova ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 225-230
Author(s):  
P. Mukhopadhyay ◽  
M. Loeck ◽  
G. Gottstein

A more refined 3D cellular Automata (CA) algorithm has been developed which has increased the resolution of the space and reduced the computation time and can take care of the complexity of recrystallization process through physically based solutions. This model includes recovery, condition for nucleation and orientation dependent variable nuclei growth as a process of primary static recrystallization. Incorporation of microchemistry effects makes this model suitable for simulating recrystallization behaviour in terms of texture, kinetics and microstructure of different alloys. The model is flexible to couple up with other simulation programs on a common database.


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