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Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Microstructures of Two-Phase Membrane and Phase Property Estimation Through Combination of Experiment and Simulation

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In this study, a multiscale property evaluation framework for heterogeneous materials with complex microstructures on a sub-micro scale has been proposed. A detailed investigation of the three-dimensional (3D) microstructural features is necessary for the evaluation of the properties of heterogeneous materials with complex microstructures. However, for heterogeneous materials with microstructures on a sub-micro scale, it is difficult to observe the 3D microstructural features owing to the limit of resolution. In this study, virtual 3D samples were reconstructed based on two-dimensional images, and tensile simulations were performed using the reconstructed 3D samples instead of the real 3D microstructures. The input parameters for the tensile-property simulations were measured via atomic force microscopy, which is used to measure the phase stiffness on a sub-micro scale. The results from these simulations were then compared with those of the experiment on a macro scale to confirm the correlation between the mechanical properties measured on the sub-micron and macro scales.

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This study was supported by grants from the Korea Research Foundation (NRF-2019R1A2C2086314 and NRF-2017R1A4A1014569) and the Graduate School of YONSEI University Research Scholarship Grants in 2020.

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    Se-Yun Kim, Ji-Su Kim & Tong-Seok Han

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin, 13355, Berlin, Germany

    Ji-Su Kim

  3. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea

    Jae Hun Lee & Jong Hak Kim

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Kim, SY., Kim, JS., Lee, J.H. et al. Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Microstructures of Two-Phase Membrane and Phase Property Estimation Through Combination of Experiment and Simulation. Multiscale Sci. Eng. 3, 109–118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42493-021-00062-9

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