Computer simulation model for coupled grain growth and Ostwald ripening -- Application to Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}-ZrO{sub 2} two-phase systems

Journal Article · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08568.x· OSTI ID:253553

Chen, L Q; Fan, D ^[1]

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1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

A kinetic model based on generalized continuum time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equations is proposed for studying coupled grain growth and Ostwald ripening in multiphase systems. In this model, an arbitrary multiphase microstructure is described by many orientation field variables which represent crystallographic orientations of grains in each phase and by n {minus} 1 composition field variables which distinguish the compositional differences among n phases. Microstructural development during simultaneous grain growth and Ostwald ripening is predicted by the temporal evolution of these field variables by numerically solving the TDGL equations. A particular example, Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}-ZrO{sub 2} particulate composite, was considered. The effects of the volume fraction of ZrO{sub 2} on the microstructural features and their evolution were studied and compared to experimental observations and previous thermodynamic analysis.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 253553
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 79; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
DIFFUSION
GRAIN BOUNDARIES
GRAIN GROWTH
GRAIN ORIENTATION
GRAIN SIZE
KINETICS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICULATES
THERMODYNAMICS
TIME DEPENDENCE
ZIRCONIUM OXIDES