TY - JOUR
T1 - An object-oriented finite element framework for multiphysics phase field simulations
AU - Tonks, Michael R.
AU - Gaston, Derek
AU - Millett, Paul C.
AU - Andrs, David
AU - Talbot, Paul
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Cody Permann from Idaho National Laboratory for his assistance with MOOSE development in support of MARMOT and Bulent Biner from Idaho National Laboratory for his suggestions and advice. We would also like to acknowledge Roy Stogner from the University of Texas for his assistance during the initial stages of this work. This work was funded by an Idaho National Laboratory LDRD project . This manuscript has been authored by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC07-05ID14517 with the US Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - The phase field approach is a powerful and popular method for modeling microstructure evolution. In this work, advanced numerical tools are used to create a framework that facilitates rapid model development. This framework, called MARMOT, is based on Idaho National Laboratory's finite element Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. In MARMOT, the system of phase field partial differential equations (PDEs) are solved simultaneously together with PDEs describing additional physics, such as solid mechanics and heat conduction, using the Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Method. An object-oriented architecture is created by taking advantage of commonalities in the phase field PDEs to facilitate development of new models with very little effort. In addition, MARMOT provides access to mesh and time step adaptivity, reducing the cost for performing simulations with large disparities in both spatial and temporal scales. In this work, phase separation simulations are used to show the numerical performance of MARMOT. Deformation-induced grain growth and void growth simulations are also included to demonstrate the muliphysics capability.
AB - The phase field approach is a powerful and popular method for modeling microstructure evolution. In this work, advanced numerical tools are used to create a framework that facilitates rapid model development. This framework, called MARMOT, is based on Idaho National Laboratory's finite element Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. In MARMOT, the system of phase field partial differential equations (PDEs) are solved simultaneously together with PDEs describing additional physics, such as solid mechanics and heat conduction, using the Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Method. An object-oriented architecture is created by taking advantage of commonalities in the phase field PDEs to facilitate development of new models with very little effort. In addition, MARMOT provides access to mesh and time step adaptivity, reducing the cost for performing simulations with large disparities in both spatial and temporal scales. In this work, phase separation simulations are used to show the numerical performance of MARMOT. Deformation-induced grain growth and void growth simulations are also included to demonstrate the muliphysics capability.
KW - Finite element method
KW - Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov
KW - Mesh adaptivity
KW - Phase field model
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/80052022388
U2 - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.07.028
DO - 10.1016/j.commatsci.2011.07.028
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052022388
SN - 0927-0256
VL - 51
SP - 20
EP - 29
JO - Computational Materials Science
JF - Computational Materials Science
IS - 1
ER -