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MicroStructPy - A Microstructure Mesh Generator for Heterogeneous Materials
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About this technology
Overview
This technology is software that generates meshes of materials composed of dissimilar constituents. Example materials include carbon fiber composites, metallic alloys, ceramics, and rocks. These meshes are unstructured, meaning the mesh elements are triangular in 2D and tetrahedral in 3D. The mesh generator has the following capabilities-2D and 3D domains-Mesh quality controls-Multiple constituents/phases-User-defined grain size distributions-Highly eccentric grain shapes-Preferred grain orientation-Preferred grain positions-Multiple instances of the same microstructure