Progress in the Application of Cellular Automata to the Evolution of Solidified Microstructure
WEI Pengfei1, CHEN Yunbo2, WEI Shizhong3, MAO Feng4, WANG Xiaodong3, CHEN Chong4,WANG Jinnan2, WANG Zidong1,*
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China 2 Beijing National Innovation Institute of Lightweight Ltd., Beijing 101400, China 3 National Joint Engineering Research Center for Abrasion Control and Molding of Metal Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471000, Henan, China 4 Intelligent Manufacturing Fundamental Research Center, Longmen Laboratory, Luoyang 471000, Henan, China
Abstract: The performance of a material is directly affected by its microstructural development during the solidification phase. Discrete cellular automaton (CA) models are widelyused in materials science to simulate and predict microstructural growth. This review comprehensively explains the developments and applications of CA in solidification structure simulation, including the theoretical underpinnings, computational procedures, software development, and recent advances. Summarizes the potential and limitations of cellular automata in understanding microstructure evolution during solidification, explores the evolution of microstructures during solidification, and adds to our existing knowledge of cellular automaton theory. Finally, the research trend in simulating the evolution of the solidification microstructure using cellular automaton theory is explored.
通讯作者: *Zidong Wang, corresponding author, is chief professor/doctoral supervisor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing.From 1984 to 1994,he studied in the Department of Metal Materials and Technology of Harbin Institute of Technology and obtained his master’s and doctor’s degree.From 1994 to 1996,he worked at the postdoctoral mobile station of the Department of Metallurgy,University of Science and Technology Beijing.At present,the main research direction is metal nanocrystalline theory.wangzd@mater.ustb.edu.cn
作者简介: Pengfei Wei obtained a bachelor’s degree in enginee-ring from Hebei University of Engineering in 2022.He is currently a master’s degree candidate in the Department of Materials Processing,School of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing,under the guidance of Professor Wang Zidong.His current main research areas are the evolution laws of solidification structures of alloy steels and the mechanisms of internal defects formation.
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WEI Pengfei, CHEN Yunbo, WEI Shizhong, MAO Feng, WANG Xiaodong, CHEN Chong,WANG Jinnan, WANG Zidong. Progress in the Application of Cellular Automata to the Evolution of Solidified Microstructure. Materials Reports, 2025, 39(12): 24030094-18.
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