Applications of Modelling

• Models on a range of length scales

  • Atomistic (nm)
    • Limited application as currently capable of dealing with only very small volumes of material
  • Microstructural (nm-mm)
    • Used to predict particle distributions, grain sizes etc.. as function of alloy chemistry and processing conditions, often coupled to microstructure-property models
  • Macro-scale (>mm)
    • Widely used to predict performance of components during processing and service as a function of average material properties and stress, strain, temperature....

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