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The continuum field approach to modeling microstructural evolution

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The majority of advanced engineering materials contain multiphase and/or multidomain structures. Their physical and mechanical properties depend strongly on the number of phases present and their mutual arrangement; the volume fraction of each phase; and the shape, size, and size distribution of domains (or grains). This article describes a continuum diffuse-interface field approach to modeling microstructural evolution and its application to a number of different processes, including precipitation reactions through nucleation and growth, structural transformations involving symmetry changes, and curvature-driven grain growth.

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    Long-Qing Chen Ph.D. (assistant professor of materials science and engineering)

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    Yunzhi Wang Ph.D. (assistant professor of materials science and engineering)

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Chen, LQ., Wang, Y. The continuum field approach to modeling microstructural evolution. JOM 48, 13–18 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03223259

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