About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering
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Presentation Title |
Characterization of the Evolution of the Grain Boundary Network Using Spectral Graph Theory |
Author(s) |
Jose Nino, Oliver Johnson |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jose Nino |
Abstract Scope |
Changes to the Grain Boundary Network (GBN) caused by grain growth influence the final properties of the microstructure. If we could characterize the structure of GBNs, then it would be possible to perform design/optimization for improved material performance. However, the structure of GBNs is highly complicated. Traditional microstructural descriptors like orientation distribution function or even grain boundary character distribution fail to encode the main features of the GBN, including, e.g., its topological structure and the spatial distribution of GB types. For this reason, we apply a computational technique called Spectral Graph Theory which allows us to encode the GB character information as well as the topological structure of the GBN. We calculate and analyze the spectrum of several microstructures from grain growth simulations. Finally, we develop a reconstruction method to obtain the microstructure from its spectrum and evaluate whether the spectrum encodes the main features of the GBN. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
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Keywords |
Characterization, Computational Materials Science & Engineering, |