From 453bb661fce21ce36a92859bd3148925722fbaa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Achal H P Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:31:50 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4e7ec9ade..0d85e6553 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Visit [damask.mpie.de](https://damask.mpie.de) for installation and usage instru This is a DAMASK fork with "Discrete deformation twinning model" implementation based on work done by Dr. Satyapriya Gupta and Dr. Philip Eisenlohr at MSU.) ### The Discrete Deformation Twinning Model +The aim of this model is to accurately match experimental observations of deformation twinning while remaining computationally efficient compared to physics-based phase field models. * We introduce stochasticity for the nucleation and growth events of twinning through random sampling, similar to Monte Carlo Methods. - * The ease or difficulty of a twinning event is controlled by adjusting the frequency of sampling. * At each voxel, the state of twinning is treated as a discrete quantity, unlike the approach based on diffused volume fraction method. * The kinetics of twinning occur in the form of a “jump,” rather than following a rate equation as in the “pseudo-slip” approach.