Editorial: Phase field method and integrated computing materials engineering

Phase-field method and Materials Genome Initiative (MGI)

Predicting and controlling the microstructure evolution within a material are considered as the ‘‘holy grail’’ of materials science and engineering. Many important engineering materials are designed by controlling their phase transformations and microstructure evolution. Examples include the improvement of mechanical properties through solid-state precipitation reactions in Nibased superalloys ...

Editorial: Neurotechnology: An Engineering Perspective

Development of Apple Workgroup Cluster and Parallel Computing for Phase Field Model of Magnetic Materials

Development of Apple Workgroup Cluster and Parallel Computing for Phase Field Model of Magnetic Materials. (May 2009) Yongxin Huang, B.S., University of Science and Technology of China Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Yongmei Jin Micromagnetic modeling numerically solves magnetization evolution equation to process magnetic domain analysis, which helps to understand the macroscopic magnetic prop...

Phase-field models in materials science

The phase-field method is reviewed against its historical and theoretical background. Starting from Van der Waals considerations on the structure of interfaces in materials the concept of the phase-field method is developed along historical lines. Basic relations are summarized in a comprehensive way. Special emphasis is given to the multi-phase-field method with extension to elastic interactio...

Towards an Integrated Environment for Method Engineering

In order to facilitate better Information Systems Development (ISD), Method Engineering technqiues and tools are needed that support flexible creation, modification, and reuse of ISD methods and tools for use on specific problem domains. A metamodelling notation is needed for specifying and integrating different design notations. MetaCASE support is required for building, reusing and evolving t...