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Topological transformation of grains in three-dimensional normal grain growth

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The topological transformation of grains in three-dimensional normal grain growth was analyzed by Brakke’s Surface Evolver method that simulated the boundary motion by curvature. The statistics on elemental processes, which change the number of faces f of a grain, were determined from the simulation. The distribution function of the number of faces P( f ) in a steady structure could be predicted from the difference in the current of grains arriving at and leaving from state f. For the disappearance of one grain, face-creation switching occurred 3.7 times and face-elimination switching occurred 13.2 times on the average.

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  1. Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, 226-8503, Midori, Yokohama, Japan

    F. Wakai & Y. Shinoda

  2. Ceramic Superplasticity Project, ICORP, Japan Science and Technology Corporation 2–4-1 Mutsuno, 456-8587, Atsuta, Nagoya, Japan

    S. Ishihara

  3. Departmento de Fisíca de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Sevilla, Aptdo. 1065, 41080, Sevilla, Spain

    A. Domínguez-Rodríguez

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Wakai, F., Shinoda, Y., Ishihara, S. et al. Topological transformation of grains in three-dimensional normal grain growth. Journal of Materials Research 16, 2136–2142 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2001.0291

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