DEM-CFM analysis of Lode angle influence on the undrained cyclic behavior of anisotropically consolidated soils by Mohammad Salimi, Nazanin Irani, Torsten Wichtmann

“…In tandem with macro-scale observations, the evolution of the microstructure within assemblies is analyzed using the coordination number, redundancy index, inter-particle contact fabric tensor, and particle orientation fabric tensor. …”
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Enhanced mechanical properties of Al0.43CoCrFeNi2.1 high entropy alloy fabricated through complex shear flow casting: Experiment and MD simulation by Simeng Jiang, Yaya Zhao, Weijie Fan, Weiyang Xie, Yanlin Wang, Xiaohua Chen, Zidong Wang

“…Various characterization techniques were employed to analyze the microstructural differences between the two samples. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to investigate the nucleation characteristics, microstructure evolution, and dislocation evolution during solidification. …”
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Grain size effects on strain localization and fracture behavior in ferrite–martensite dual-phase steels characterized by digital image correlation analysis by Myeong-heom Park, Yuichi Tagusari, Akinobu Shibata, Nobuhiro Tsuji

“…In the present study, the underlying mechanism responsible for improved post-uniform elongation through grain refinement was investigated using high-resolution digital image correlation (DIC) and detailed microstructural analysis of micro-void evolution. Two DP microstructures with ferrite grain sizes of 28.9 μm and 11.8 μm were fabricated, exhibiting markedly different local deformation behaviors. …”
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Micromechanics-based thermo-hydro-mechanical model for air-entrained porous materials subjected to freezing-thawing cycles by Weiqi Guo, Yang Wu, Mingkun Jia, Zhihong Ma, Jinyang Jiang, Wenxiang Xu

“…The freeze-thaw (FT) behavior of porous materials (PMs) involves the coupling of the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) processes and is significantly influenced by the microstructure. However, modeling FT in unsaturated PMs remains an open issue, and the influence of microstructure is not yet fully understood. …”
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Evaluation of the influence of freeze–thaw cycles on the joint strength of granite in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China by Lirong Qi, Jiading Wang, Dengfei Zhang, Yongshuang Zhang, Jianfei Ma

“…The Brazilian test, uniaxial and triaxial compression tests were carried out to evaluate the strength behavior of samples while the scanning electron microscopy tests to investigate microstructural changes. The correlation between strength be-havior and microstructural evolution of samples after freeze–thaw cycles was discussed. …”
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Comminution‐Induced Transient Frictional Behavior in Sheared Granular Halite by Chengrui Chang, Hiroyuki Noda, Yohei Hamada, Chao Huang, Tao Ma, Gonghui Wang, Tetsuo Yamaguchi

“…Micro‐X‐ray tomography revealed the evolution of microstructure from distributed grain comminution to progressive shear localization for these two regimes. …”
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Experimental study on Brazilian splitting characteristics of heat damaged hot dry granite by WU Xinghui, ZHANG Shukun, ZHONG Hui, ZHU Yu, GU Shuxi

“…The experimental results show that the thermal damage process changes the microstructure of the rock, leading to two types of crack initiation patterns during the splitting process. …”
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Fracture Mechanism of H13 Steel During Tensile Testing Based on In Situ EBSD by Yunling Li, Dangshen Ma, Hongxiao Chi, Shulan Zhang, Jian Zhou, Jin Cai

“…This paper employs in situ Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) tensile technology to thoroughly consider the evolution of microstructure, grain size, grain boundary characteristics, orientation differences, and dislocation density of H13 steel during the elastic and plastic stages of room temperature tensile testing. …”
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Advancing Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Numerical Methods in DED, WAAM, and PBF by Allen Love, Omar Alejandro Valdez Pastrana, Saeed Behseresht, Young Ho Park

“…Key topics include heat transfer, residual stress and distortion prediction, microstructure evolution and parameter optimization. Recent advancements in FEA have improved the accuracy of AM process simulations, reducing the need for costly experimental testing, though there is still room for improvement and further development of FEA in metal AM. …”
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Hydrogen Reduction of Tellurium Oxide in a Rotary Kiln, Initial Approaches for a Sustainable Process by Hanwen Chung, Semiramis Friedrich, Mengqi Qu, Bernd Friedrich

“….% purity level TeO₂ using hydrogen in an oscillating kiln furnace (200–800 °C, 2–7 h), with phase composition and microstructure analysed via XRD and SEM. Results demonstrate conversions of up to 89% (solid–gas) and 100% (liquid–gas), revealing that kinetics dominate over thermodynamics in controlling reaction progress. …”
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Effects of pores on the superelasticity coupled with plasticity in nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys: A molecular dynamic study by Xiang Zhu, Chenyan Liu, Yaguang Wang, Guansuo Dui

“…These findings reveal the influence of pore characteristics on the microstructure, superelasticity, and superelastic-plasticity of nanocrystalline NiTi, laying the foundation for its application in precision engineering fields such as biomedical implants and microelectromechanical systems. …”
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Effects of Methane Hydrate Phase Transition on Mechanical Properties of Deep-Sea Methane Hydrate-Bearing Soil by Yanmei Zhang, Jian Zhang, Guoxun Li, Changda Sun, Yalin Luan, Jianlin Liu

“…In this paper, the methane hydrate phase transition process in deep-sea methane hydrate-bearing soil under heating and compression was simulated by the molecular dynamics method. The evolution of deep-sea methane hydrate-bearing soil’s microstructure, system energy, intermolecular interaction energy, and radial distribution function during heating and compression was investigated. …”
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The Influence of Different Foaming Agents on the Properties and Foaming Mechanisms of Foam Ceramics from Quartz Tailings by Huiyang Gao, Jie Zhang

“…The effects of different foaming agents (SiC, CaCO₃, and MnO₂) on the phase evolution, microstructure, pore size distribution, and physical properties of the foam ceramics were investigated, and the foaming mechanisms were elucidated. …”
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Influence of Al Content on Degradation Behavior of Cu-Doped Mg-Al Alloys for Drill-Free Plugging Applications by Li Kang, Yixuan Shi, Xiaoping Luo, Baosheng Liu

“…The phase composition and microstructure of fabricated alloys were characterized by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD). …”
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Atomic Ga triggers spatiotemporal coordination of oxygen radicals for efficient water oxidation on crystalline RuO2 by Haifeng Wang, Chao Lin, Lei Tan, Jing Shen, Xiaotong Wu, Xiangxiang Pan, Yonghui Zhao, Haojie Zhang, Yu Sun, Bingbao Mei, Han-Don Um, Qi Xiao, Wan Jiang, Xiaopeng Li, Wei Luo

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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Inter-Layer Sandstone in Marine–Continental Transitional Shale: A Case Study of the Upper Permian Longtan Formation in Southern Sichua... by Jianguo Wang, Jizhen Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Ya’na Chen, Denglin Han

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Processibility of Al5356 wire on Al6082 substrate by WAAM using MIGwelding power by Ifeyinwa G. Ibekwe, Ahmed H. Awad, Marawan Abdelwahed, Fatai O. Aramide, Mohamed A. Taha

“…Computational simulations using Simufact software corroborated experimental thermal profiles, demonstrating how cyclic heating influences grain evolution. The study establishes that precise control of thermal dynamics and cooling strategies is pivotal for optimizing microstructure homogeneity and mechanical integrity in aluminium WAAM components.…”
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Improving dynamic mechanical properties and inhibiting adiabatic shear bands of the molybdenum single crystal by adding Nb element by Zhenchuan Li, Benqi Jiao, Weiwei Zhang, Wen Zhang, Jianfeng Li

“…In this work, a new approach was proposed to improve mechanical properties and inhibit the formation and propagation of the adiabatic shear band in the pure Mo single crystal. The microstructure evolution of the pure Mo and Mo-Nb single crystals subjected to the dynamic load was investigated by EBSD and TEM. …”
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Optimizing Dielectric Constant in Tetragonal BaTiO3 Via Densification, Tetragonality, and Grain Growth Kinetic with Sintering Temperature by J. Lee, J. Jeong, J. Jung, H. Jeong

“…Their densification and microstructure evolution were examined to determine the dielectric constant as a function of temperature (25-150°C) and frequency (102-107 Hz). …”
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Crystal Plasticity Elastic-Plastic Rate-Independent Numerical Analyses of Pollycrystalline Materials by Marta Wójcik, Andrzej Skrzat, Feliks Stachowicz, Emil Spišák

“…Macroscopic analyses of plastic forming processes give only the overall description of the problem without the consideration of mechanisms of plastic deformation and the microstructure evolution. For the consideration of these processes, numerical simulations within crystal plasticity include the change of texture, anisotropy, and strain hardening of the material are used. …”
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