Processes simulations with multiscale materials models using a dedicated interface

Grzegorz Smyk, Danuta Szeliga

AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2021.4.0764

Abstract:

The main goal of this work is the integration of in-house software with commercial numerical software based on the finite element method (FEM). The main idea is to develop a universal interface to perform process simulations with multiscale models. The interface allows the combination of external procedures with commercial software with minimum programmer’s work putting in integration. As an example, the model of material recrystallization of steel was implemented, added to the commercial application, and the software was tested for a process defined as a sequence of compression and cooling. The material model takes into consideration each type of recrystallization that occurs during a sequence of thermal and mechanical processing such as static recrystallization (SRX), dynamic recrystallization (DRX), and meta-dynamic recrystallization (MDRX). It allows the prediction of recrystallized volume fraction (X) and grain growth on each step of numerical simulation for each Gauss point in the computation domain. The presented multiscale model of process sequences not only allows to calculate microscale model parameters such as grain growth and recrystallized volume fraction, but also reflects the impact of the microscale model on macroscale parameters.

Cite as:

Smyk, G. & Szeliga, D. (2021). Processes simulations with multiscale materials models using a dedicated interface. Computer Methods in Materials Science, 21(4), 181–192. https://doi.org/10.7494/cmms.2021.4.0764

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Keywords:

Multiscale modelling, Material models, Models integration, Recrystallization

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