A numerical multi-scale model to predict macroscopic material anisotropy of multi-phase steels from crystal plasticity material definitions KU Leuven
A numerical multi-scale model is being developed to predict the anisotropic macroscopic material response of multiphase steel. The embedded microstructure is given by a meso-scale Representative Volume Element (RVE), which holds the most relevant features like phase distribution, grain orientation, morphology etc., in sufficient detail to describe the multi-phase behavior of the material. A Finite Element (FE) mesh of the RVE is constructed ...