I. Watson and P. Lee (Imperial College London)
XMT provides a rapid means of generating 3D representations of actual material microstructures in two-phase systems. Segmentation algorithms in ScanIP have been used to segment four components (i.e. Al, TiB2, Fe, Air) based on signal strength.
In less than 5 minutes an accurate FE mesh was generated using the +FE module to determine the reinforcement particle/cluster size distribution and extrusion texture in an MMC material.
Simulation of the elastoplastic response of the material showed excellent correlation with experimental results. Using the directly meshed microstructure, the elastoplastic behaviour of the complex microstructure was simulated, and excellent agreement was achieved with experimental measurements.
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