Abstract
The complex degradation of metallic materials in aggressive environments can result in morphological and microstructural changes. The phase-field (PF) method is an effective computational approach to understanding and predicting the morphology, phase change and/or transformation of materials. PF models are based on conserved and non-conserved field variables that represent each phase as a function of space and time coupled with time-dependent equations that describe the mechanisms. This report summarizes progress in the PF modeling of degradation of metallic materials in aqueous corrosion, hydrogen-assisted cracking, high-temperature metal oxidation in the gas phase and porous structure evolution with insights to future applications.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 143 |
Journal | npj Computational Materials |
Volume | 7 |
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Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
MoE publication type | A2 Review article in a scientific journal |
Funding
This work was supported by grants from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (PolyU152174/17E, PolyU152208/18E, and PolyU152178/20E) and the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province of China (2020A0505090001).