Tracking correlations between mechanical response and microstructure in three-dimensional reconstructions of a commercial stainless steel

摘要

A three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of the microstructure of an austenitic stainless steel, incorporating experimentally measured spatial and crystallographic data, was input into 3-D finite element simulations of the mechanical response of the microstructure. Visualizations in two and three dimensions were used for qualitative analyses of the simulation results. Subsequently, quantitative image-based data mining and warehousing techniques were employed to determine correlations between mechanical behavior and microstructure, and to identify artifacts resulting from boundary conditions. (C) 2007 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.