Analysis of a phase‐field finite element implementation for precipitation

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Precipitation hardening is an essential mechanism in materials design of age‐hardenable aluminium alloys. The occurrence and distribution of nano‐sized particles in such alloys can lead to superior material properties. During thermo‐mechanical processing, these particles evolve dynamically as function of temperature and applied load. Therefore, sophisticated modelling frameworks are required to study the underlying phenomena of this microstructural evolution in depth. Phase‐field method based on the diffuse interface approach has been successfully employed in literature to study particle nucleation and growth, as well as equilibrium particle shapes. Although phase‐field models provide reliable results due to the flexible adaption of the free energy, the method is computationally expensive, requiring efficient solution schemes. The finite‐element discretization in deal.II can overcome scalability disadvantages and can outperform standard finite‐difference codes. In this work, we used adaptive mesh refinement and adaptive time‐stepping and investigate how AMR and the use of the same stiffness matrix for a certain amount of time steps affect the performance of the phase‐field model. Particle growth simulations are performed to outline the major benefits of the finite element phase‐field model. The numerical strategy is shown to be effective regardless of the initial particle shape by considering different particle morphologies. The results illustrate a significant increase in simulation performance with the applied numerical techniques.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202200238
JournalPAMM
Volume22
Issue number1
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.03.2023
Event92nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics - GAMM 2022 - RWTH Aachen Universität, Aachen, Germany
Duration: 15.08.202219.08.2022
Conference number: 92
https://jahrestagung.gamm-ev.de/annual-meeting-2022/annual-meeting/

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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101001567). Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

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