Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains

The effective macroscopic behaviour of a material is a manifestation of the underlying microstructure and microscale processes. This renders the generation of highly accurate digital microstructure twins indispensable for multiscale simulations. Mosaic is a Python-based, open-source software tool de...

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Main Authors: Dilek Güzel, Tim Furlan, Tobias Kaiser, Andreas Menzel
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711024002826
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Tim Furlan
Tobias Kaiser
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description The effective macroscopic behaviour of a material is a manifestation of the underlying microstructure and microscale processes. This renders the generation of highly accurate digital microstructure twins indispensable for multiscale simulations. Mosaic is a Python-based, open-source software tool designed to address the challenge of incorporating non-planar, periodic microstructures generated by the software Neper into simulations that require periodic boundary conditions. Mosaic transforms these complex microstructures into rectilinear periodic equivalents and, additionally, makes it possible to account for material interfaces such as grain and phase boundaries. This transformation enables continuous integration with various simulation tools and workflows, facilitating accurate and efficient simulations of the effective material response.
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spelling doaj-art-c7d07e22c27542919364cba7a40282742024-11-29T06:24:03ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102024-12-0128101912Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domainsDilek Güzel0Tim Furlan1Tobias Kaiser2Andreas Menzel3Institute of Mechanics, TU Dortmund University, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, 44227 Dortmund, GermanyInstitute of Mechanics, TU Dortmund University, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, 44227 Dortmund, GermanyInstitute of Mechanics, TU Dortmund University, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, 44227 Dortmund, GermanyInstitute of Mechanics, TU Dortmund University, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, 44227 Dortmund, Germany; Division of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden; Corresponding author at: Division of Solid Mechanics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden.The effective macroscopic behaviour of a material is a manifestation of the underlying microstructure and microscale processes. This renders the generation of highly accurate digital microstructure twins indispensable for multiscale simulations. Mosaic is a Python-based, open-source software tool designed to address the challenge of incorporating non-planar, periodic microstructures generated by the software Neper into simulations that require periodic boundary conditions. Mosaic transforms these complex microstructures into rectilinear periodic equivalents and, additionally, makes it possible to account for material interfaces such as grain and phase boundaries. This transformation enables continuous integration with various simulation tools and workflows, facilitating accurate and efficient simulations of the effective material response.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711024002826Polycrystalline materialsMaterial interfacesMultiscale modellingRVENeperGmsh
spellingShingle Dilek Güzel
Tim Furlan
Tobias Kaiser
Andreas Menzel
Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
SoftwareX
Polycrystalline materials
Material interfaces
Multiscale modelling
RVE
Neper
Gmsh
title Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
title_full Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
title_fullStr Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
title_full_unstemmed Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
title_short Neper-Mosaic: Seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
title_sort neper mosaic seamless generation of periodic representative volume elements on unit domains
topic Polycrystalline materials
Material interfaces
Multiscale modelling
RVE
Neper
Gmsh
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711024002826
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