TY - JOUR
T1 - A computationally efficient and mechanically compatible multi-phase-field model applied to coherently stressed three-phase solids
AU - Chatterjee, Sourav
AU - Schwen, Daniel
AU - Moelans, Nele
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (INTERDIFFUSION, grant agreement no. 714754). The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium and the Flemish Government - department EWI, Belgium.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (INTERDIFFUSION, grant agreement no. ). The computational resources and services used in this work were provided by the VSC (Flemish Supercomputer Center), funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgium and the Flemish Government - department EWI, Belgium .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/2/5
Y1 - 2023/2/5
N2 - Engineering alloys generally exhibit multi-phase microstructures. For simulating their microstructure evolution during solid-state phase transformation, CALPHAD-guided multi-phase-field models coupled with micro-mechanics have proven to be a reliable simulation tool. Nevertheless, their efficiency and accuracy still depend on the homogenization scheme used to interpolate the elastic properties in the interfacial regions. In this paper, we present a phase-field model for multi-phase and multi-component solids using a partial rank-one homogenization scheme that enforces static and kinematic compatibilities in the interfacial regions. To this end, we first extend the rank-one homogenization scheme to multi-phase systems. Moreover, for computational efficiency, we analytically solve the static compatibility equations for linear elastic three-phase solids. For quantitative accuracy, a coupling technique is used to extract the prerequisite thermodynamic and kinetic properties from CALPHAD databases. The model is solved numerically in an open source finite-element framework. As numerical applications, the microstructure of two elastically stressed intermetallic-containing three-phase alloys: Ni–Al and Al–Cr–Ni, are simulated. The accuracy of the model is verified against analytically obtained solutions for planar and concentric ring interfaces. We show that the simulation results remain unaltered with varying interface width. Except for one simulation, all cases show better or nearly equal convergence using the partial rank-one scheme compared to the Voigt–Taylor scheme.
AB - Engineering alloys generally exhibit multi-phase microstructures. For simulating their microstructure evolution during solid-state phase transformation, CALPHAD-guided multi-phase-field models coupled with micro-mechanics have proven to be a reliable simulation tool. Nevertheless, their efficiency and accuracy still depend on the homogenization scheme used to interpolate the elastic properties in the interfacial regions. In this paper, we present a phase-field model for multi-phase and multi-component solids using a partial rank-one homogenization scheme that enforces static and kinematic compatibilities in the interfacial regions. To this end, we first extend the rank-one homogenization scheme to multi-phase systems. Moreover, for computational efficiency, we analytically solve the static compatibility equations for linear elastic three-phase solids. For quantitative accuracy, a coupling technique is used to extract the prerequisite thermodynamic and kinetic properties from CALPHAD databases. The model is solved numerically in an open source finite-element framework. As numerical applications, the microstructure of two elastically stressed intermetallic-containing three-phase alloys: Ni–Al and Al–Cr–Ni, are simulated. The accuracy of the model is verified against analytically obtained solutions for planar and concentric ring interfaces. We show that the simulation results remain unaltered with varying interface width. Except for one simulation, all cases show better or nearly equal convergence using the partial rank-one scheme compared to the Voigt–Taylor scheme.
KW - Chemo-mechanical processes
KW - Homogenization
KW - Inhomogeneous material
KW - Microstructure
KW - Phase transformation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85144396253
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/215c6520-161d-3869-8fa9-19b6452f0807/
U2 - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111969
DO - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111969
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85144396253
SN - 0927-0256
VL - 218
JO - Computational Materials Science
JF - Computational Materials Science
M1 - 111969
ER -