The effect of initial microstructural characteristics on abnormal grain growth in single-phase materials: A mesoscopic simulation study
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2005
Abstract
A mesoscopic simulation methodology has been used to investigate the effect of the initial grain size distribution and grain boundary (GB) mobilities on the development of abnormal grain growth in a single-phase polycrystalline material: Our studies show that regardless of the initial grain size distribution, in the absence of variability in GB properties, the system evolves by normal grain growth characterized by a uniform self-similar grain-size distribution, i.e. the presence of a few large grains in the initial microstructure does not promote abnormal grain growth. On the contrary, the presence of a limited set of grains having GBs with higher mobilities may lead to abnormal grain growth provided the biased GB mobility values are larger than certain threshold values. Kinetic and topological aspects of normal to abnormal grain growth transition are investigated. © 2005 Materials Research Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
First Page
127
Last Page
132
Recommended Citation
Behera, R., & Moldovan, D. (2005). The effect of initial microstructural characteristics on abnormal grain growth in single-phase materials: A mesoscopic simulation study. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 880, 127-132. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/mechanical_engineering_pubs/1748