Richter, Henning (2017) Mote3D: an open-source toolbox for modelling periodic random particulate microstructures. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 25 (3), 035011-035026. Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1361-651X/aa629a. ISSN 0965-0393.
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Abstract
The implementation of a comprehensive toolbox for generating microstructure models of periodic random particulate materials is outlined. The toolbox provides the functionality to create random configurations of overlapping or non-overlapping spherical particles with user-defined minimum inter-particle centre-to-centre distance and periodic boundary and export these random particle configurations for use in numerical simulations, either as lists of particle centre coordinates and radii or as Python-based scripts for generating solid geometric models or periodic hexahedral meshes ('voxel meshes'). The random particle configurations can be used as microstructure models to investigate or predict the microstructure-property relation of various engineering materials such as particle-reinforced composites, structural alloys, (partially-)sintered ceramics, powders, porous media or granular matter, as demonstrated by several examples. The outlined toolbox is open-source, giving users the possibility to modify and adapt the code to suit specific needs. The toolbox is available at: https://github.com/Mote3D
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/111667/ | ||||||||
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||
Title: | Mote3D: an open-source toolbox for modelling periodic random particulate microstructures | ||||||||
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Date: | March 2017 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering | ||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||
Volume: | 25 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1088/1361-651X/aa629a | ||||||||
Page Range: | 035011-035026 | ||||||||
Publisher: | Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0965-0393 | ||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||
Keywords: | RVE, Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, ICME, Finite-Element-Method, numerical homogenization, particulate microstructure, random packing, periodic boundary, open source | ||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | other | ||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||
DLR - Program: | L - no assignment | ||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - no assignment | ||||||||
Location: | Köln-Porz | ||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Materials Research > Experimental and Numerical Methods | ||||||||
Deposited By: | Richter, Henning | ||||||||
Deposited On: | 16 May 2017 10:53 | ||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2023 07:19 |
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