Title: Parallel simulation of 3D sintering

Authors: Cristina Garcia Cardona, Veena Tikare, Steven J. Plimpton

Addresses: Powder Technology Laboratory, San Diego State University, San Diego CA 92182-1245, USA. ' Computational Materials Modeling, Advanced Nuclear Fuels Cycle Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0747, USA. ' Scalable Algorithms Department, Computational Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1316, USA

Abstract: A three-dimensional parallel implementation of a Monte Carlo model for the microstructure evolution during sintering is presented. The model accounts for the main phenomena occurring during sintering, including grain growth, pore migration and vacancy annihilation. The parallel implementation is based on the SPPARKS code and enables the simulation of systems with large number of particles. Several examples are shown and results are compared with a serial implementation as well as experimental data available.

Keywords: analysis; modelling; numerical techniques; kinetic Monte Carlo simulation; KMC simulation; sintering; microstructure; grain growth; pore migration; vacancy annihilation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCMSSE.2011.037351

International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering, 2011 Vol.4 No.1, pp.37 - 54

Received: 16 Dec 2009
Accepted: 04 May 2010
Published online: 11 Jan 2015 *

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