Static recrystallization simulations starting from predicted deformation microstructure by coupling multi-phase-field method and finite element method based on crystal plasticity

We have developed a numerical model of recrystallization taking the inhomogeneities of the plastic deformation of a polycrystalline metal into account. Here, the plastic deformation of the polycrystalline metal is simulated by the finite element method based on crystal plasticity theory and the microstructure evolution during recrystallization is simulated by the multi-phase-field method. In primary recrystallization simulations, nucleation is the most difficult problem. In the present model, the deformation microstructure is predicted from the results of a crystal plasticity finite element simulation, and spontaneous nucleation is achieved through abnormal grain growth that is enabled by introducing the misorientation dependences of grain boundary energy and mobility. As a result of simulations under three different compression strains, it is confirmed that primary recrystallization simulations depending on the amount of deformation and taking the inhomogeneities of the plastic deformation of a polycrystalline metal into consideration can be successfully performed by employing the proposed model. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.