Modelling of the Microstructure Evolution Using Cellular Automata Framework and WorkFlow Approach

Abstract

Development of an efficient and user friendly application (framework) for modelling microstructure evolution during thermo-mechanical processing using Cellular Automata (CA) method and WorkFlow approach is the subject of the present work. Description of the major assumptions and functionality of the developed framework is presented first. Then, major assumptions of the implemented cellular automata models dealing with simulation of phase transformation and static recrystallization are presented. Finally, the idea of the WorkFlow methodology is described and used to join the two CA microstructure evolution models into one complex solution. Examples of obtained results of microstructure behaviour during thermo-mechanical processing are also presented within the paper.