Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform

Abstract Creating statistically equivalent virtual microstructures (SEVM) for polycrystalline materials with complex microstructures that encompass multi-modal morphological and crystallographic distributions is a challenging enterprise. Cold spray-formed (CSF) AA7050 alloy containing coarse-grained...

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Main Authors: Brayan Murgas, Joshua Stickel, Luke Brewer, Somnath Ghosh
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53865-3
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description Abstract Creating statistically equivalent virtual microstructures (SEVM) for polycrystalline materials with complex microstructures that encompass multi-modal morphological and crystallographic distributions is a challenging enterprise. Cold spray-formed (CSF) AA7050 alloy containing coarse-grained prior particles and ultra-fine grains (UFG) and additively manufactured (AM) Ti64 alloys with alpha laths in beta substrates. The paper introduces an approach strategically integrating a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for multi-modal microstructures with a synthetic microstructure builder DREAM.3D for packing grains conforming to statistics in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) maps for generating SEVMs of CSF and AM alloy microstructures. A robust multiscale model is subsequently developed for self-consistent coupling of crystal plasticity finite element model (CPFEM) for coarse-grained crystals with an upscaled constitutive model for UFGs. Sub-volume elements are simulated for efficient computations and their responses are averaged for overall stress-strain response. The methods developed are important for image-based micromechanical modeling that is necessary for microstructure-property relations.
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spelling doaj-art-fb9d90fd91f64acc97d42183dadd8bfc2025-08-20T02:18:25ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-11-0115111610.1038/s41467-024-53865-3Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platformBrayan Murgas0Joshua Stickel1Luke Brewer2Somnath Ghosh3Department of Civil & Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of Civil & Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversityDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, University of AlabamaDepartment of Civil & Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversityAbstract Creating statistically equivalent virtual microstructures (SEVM) for polycrystalline materials with complex microstructures that encompass multi-modal morphological and crystallographic distributions is a challenging enterprise. Cold spray-formed (CSF) AA7050 alloy containing coarse-grained prior particles and ultra-fine grains (UFG) and additively manufactured (AM) Ti64 alloys with alpha laths in beta substrates. The paper introduces an approach strategically integrating a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for multi-modal microstructures with a synthetic microstructure builder DREAM.3D for packing grains conforming to statistics in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) maps for generating SEVMs of CSF and AM alloy microstructures. A robust multiscale model is subsequently developed for self-consistent coupling of crystal plasticity finite element model (CPFEM) for coarse-grained crystals with an upscaled constitutive model for UFGs. Sub-volume elements are simulated for efficient computations and their responses are averaged for overall stress-strain response. The methods developed are important for image-based micromechanical modeling that is necessary for microstructure-property relations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53865-3
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Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
Nature Communications
title Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
title_full Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
title_fullStr Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
title_full_unstemmed Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
title_short Modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a Generative Adversarial Network enabled computational platform
title_sort modeling complex polycrystalline alloys using a generative adversarial network enabled computational platform
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