Multi-scale modeling of microstructure dependent intergranular brittle fracture using a quantitative phase-field based method

Chakraborty, Pritam; Zhang, Yongfeng; Tonks, Michael R.

doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.11.010

Title: Multi-scale modeling of microstructure dependent intergranular brittle fracture using a quantitative phase-field based method

Journal Article · Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Computational Materials Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.11.010· OSTI ID:1251417

Chakraborty, Pritam ^[1]; Zhang, Yongfeng ^[1]; Tonks, Michael R. ^[1]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

In this study, the fracture behavior of brittle materials is strongly influenced by their underlying microstructure that needs explicit consideration for accurate prediction of fracture properties and the associated scatter. In this work, a hierarchical multi-scale approach is pursued to model microstructure sensitive brittle fracture. A quantitative phase-field based fracture model is utilized to capture the complex crack growth behavior in the microstructure and the related parameters are calibrated from lower length scale atomistic simulations instead of engineering scale experimental data. The workability of this approach is demonstrated by performing porosity dependent intergranular fracture simulations in UO₂ and comparing the predictions with experiments.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1251417

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1397573

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-15-35001; PII: S092702561500717X

Journal Information:: Computational Materials Science, Vol. 113, Issue C; ISSN 0927-0256

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Language:: English

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