TY - JOUR
T1 - Monte Carlo simulation of grain growth of single-phase systems with anisotropic boundary energies
AU - Yu, Qiang
AU - Nosonovsky, Michael
AU - Esche, Sven K.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - The grain growth in single-phase systems with various anisotropic boundary energies is simulated using a modified two-dimensional (2D) Monte Carlo algorithm. Structural self-similarity both in the grain shape distributions and the grain boundary configurations is found regardless of the degree and type of anisotropy. Parabolic evolution kinetics is observed in most cases. The growth rate represented by the time rate of average grain area change is found to be a function of the grain boundary properties. In some cases, the normalized grain size distributions are not time-invariant, and therefore, current grain growth theories cannot explain conclusively the occurrence of the parabolic kinetics in these cases. The effect of anisotropy on the grain growth kinetics is discussed.
AB - The grain growth in single-phase systems with various anisotropic boundary energies is simulated using a modified two-dimensional (2D) Monte Carlo algorithm. Structural self-similarity both in the grain shape distributions and the grain boundary configurations is found regardless of the degree and type of anisotropy. Parabolic evolution kinetics is observed in most cases. The growth rate represented by the time rate of average grain area change is found to be a function of the grain boundary properties. In some cases, the normalized grain size distributions are not time-invariant, and therefore, current grain growth theories cannot explain conclusively the occurrence of the parabolic kinetics in these cases. The effect of anisotropy on the grain growth kinetics is discussed.
KW - Anisotropy
KW - Grain boundaries
KW - Grain growth
KW - Grain growth kinetics
KW - Monte Carlo method
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2009.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2009.03.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67349097365
SN - 0020-7403
VL - 51
SP - 434
EP - 442
JO - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
JF - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
IS - 6
ER -