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The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory

By Alex Bartol, R. Edwin García, David R. Ely

Purdue University

web interface to develop, modify, and execute FiPy and other python-based applications

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Version 2.0 - published on 20 Oct 2011

DOI: 10254/nanohub-r7342.7 cite this

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Abstract The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory (VKML) is a web environment to develop microstructural evolution models by using FiPy, a powerful set of python-based libraries to write Partial Differential Equations. A basic set of examples is provided. Each example can be readily edited, debugged, and run online. The developed interface also provides a TKInter-based GUI, which enables the user to rapidly prototype flexible interfaces with sliders, menus, and buttons. Other (static) VKML modules are: VKML : Dendritic Growth VKML : Polycrystalline Growth and Coarsening VKML : Spinodal Decomposition VKML : Spinodal Decomposition 3D
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FiPy http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/

Written in Python www.python.org

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Alexander Bartol and R. Edwin Garcia

Sponsored by National Science Foundation cooperative agreement EEC-6043750 (2008-2009). Also partially supported by NSF DMR 0805022.
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James A. Warren, Ryo Kobayashi, Alexander E. Lobkovsky, and W. Craig Carter, “Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials”. Acta Materialia, 51(20), (2003) 6035–6058, URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00388-4. 43, 112, 115

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Publications T. Cool,* A. Bartol,* M. Kasenga,* K. Modi, and R. E. García. "Gibbs: Symbolic Computation of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria." CALPHAD: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry. (34) 393-404, 2010. DOI:10.1016/j.calphad.2010.07.005
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  • Alex Bartol; R. Edwin García; David R. Ely (2011), "The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory," DOI: 10254/nanohub-r7342.7. (DOI: 10254/nanohub-r7342.7).

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  1. fipy
  2. gibbs
  3. gibbsLive
  4. kinetics
  5. phase field
  6. phase transitions
  7. VKML

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