Gallery

Images of FEPX simulations, visualized with Neper. Click on an image to enlarge it, and follow the link below it to see how it is made.

Crystal behavior

Slip-system strength after a multiaxial load cycle, from Multiaxial control at a constant load rate

Accumulated slip on one slip system after two cycles, from Restarting a simulation

Equivalent plastic strain under multiaxial loading, from Multiaxial control at a constant strain rate

Stress-strain curves and slip rates of an hcp single crystal in three orientations, from An hcp single crystal: slip activity by orientation

Microstructures

Polycrystalline cruciform specimen, colored by grain, from Cruciform specimen

Periodic polycrystal, colored by grain, from Periodic RVE-type simulation

Dual-phase polycrystal: austenite (fcc) and ferrite (bcc), from Multiaxial control at a constant load rate

Orientations varying within the grains, set per element, from Overwriting polycrystal attributes

Loading

Stress field of a cruciform specimen under biaxial loading, from Cruciform specimen

Strain field under periodic boundary conditions, from Periodic RVE-type simulation

Residual stress field after unloading to zero stress, from Loading, unloading and reloading: mixed targets

Cyclic multiaxial loading, run in two parts with a restart, from Restarting a simulation

Output

Stress field under grip boundary conditions, from Simple RVE-type simulation

Plastic work field, from Multiaxial control at a constant strain rate

Equivalent deformation rate field, from Overwriting polycrystal attributes

Mean stress of each grain, computed in Python from the results, from Post-processing in Python