Research Interests
Curvature-Driven Grain Growth (Secondary recrystallization)
Driving force: Reduce total grain boundary energy
The larger grains will grow at the expense of smaller grains.
Modeling: 3D Monte-Carlo Simulation
Visualization: Paraview (XMDF+HDF5 files)
The diameter of the spherical grain reduces uniformly in all the directions
The corners of the cubical grain are disappearing first.
Eventually, it converts to the spherical grain
Stored energy-driven grain growth
Driving force: Stored energy during plastic deformation prior to annealing
The smaller defect free grains (nucleation) will grow at the expense of neighboring grains