ExaCA v2.0: A versatile, scalable, and performance portable cellular automata application for additive manufacturing solidification

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作者
Rolchigo, Matt [1 ]
Reeve, Samuel Temple [1 ]
Stump, Benjamin [1 ]
Coleman, John [1 ]
Plotkowski, Alex [1 ]
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
关键词
Additive manufacturing; Alloy solidification; High performance computing; Microstructure; TEXTURE CONTROL; GRAIN-STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; PREDICTION; STRATEGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.commatsci.2025.113734
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The previously established ExaCA software for performance portable alloy grain structure simulation has been updated to better represent the solidification behavior during complex alloy processing conditions, such as those encountered during metal additive manufacturing (AM), and for improved performance and scalability. An extension to the time-temperature history input data format and the core ExaCA algorithm to include an arbitrary number of melting and solidification events yielded improved prediction of texture for various melt pool geometries, expanding the range of AM-relevant conditions that can be accurately simulated. Improved heat transport process simulation coupling, including the creation of large raster datasets from single track time-temperature history data and in-memory coupling with the new, performance portable finite difference code Finch, were also demonstrated in example studies on the effect of multilayer AM microstructure predictions on hatch spacing and cell size, respectively. Additional new features are detailed and demonstrated, including the ability to perform simulations using various interfacial response function forms, execute simulations on state-of-the-art hardware, improved usability through post-processing versatility, and improved strong and weak scaling performance. The performance, physics, and versatility improvements demonstrated here will further enable large-scale studies on AM process-microstructure relationships that were not previously possible. Furthermore, the usability improvements and ability to run coupled AM process- microstructure simulations using the Finch-ExaCA workflow will facilitate broader use of this open-source software by the computational materials community.
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