MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Phase Transformations Through nanoHUB Nanomaterial Mechanics Explorer Tool

By Mohsen B Kivy1; Crystal Ipong1

1. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

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Abstract

This lab explores the kinetics of phase transformation using nanoHUB tools. In this lab, we use different resources within the "Nanomaterial Mechanics Explorer" tool to investigate the kinetics of Pure Metal Melting, Binary Alloy Melting, and Martensitic Phase Transformation.

Bio

Crystal Ipong: Undergraduate Student, Materials Engineering, Cal Poly State University

Mohsen B Kivy, PhD: Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, Cal Poly State University

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This project was sponsored by Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) as an Undergraduate Summer Computational Education Experience.

References

  1. Sam Reeve, Christopher Chow, Michael N Sakano, shuhui tang, Alexis Belessiotis, Mitchell Anthony Wood, Kiettipong Banlusan, Saaketh Desai, Alejandro Strachan (2019), "Nanomaterial Mechanics Explorer," https://nanohub.org/resources/nanomatmech. (DOI: 10.21981/0M7D-1Y55)

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  • Mohsen B Kivy, Crystal Ipong (2020), "MATE 370 Virtual Lab: Exploring Phase Transformations Through nanoHUB Nanomaterial Mechanics Explorer Tool," https://nanohub.org/resources/34265.

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  1. alloys
  2. hands on
  3. junior level
  4. kinetics of materials
  5. LAMMPS
  6. materials science
  7. molecular dynamics (MD)
  8. NCN Group - Materials Science
  9. phase transformation
  10. prophet
  11. teaching and learning
  12. teaching materials
  13. undergraduate level