MICRESS Basic Training — September 2023

The MICRESS^® team has the pleasure to announce an upcoming MICRESS^® training. The goal of the tutorial is to help students and researchers from the field of computational materials science to get started with microstructure simulations. Training participants will be introduced by experts in the field to the use of MICRESS^® in order to gain hands-on experience that can directly be applied to their own research. The training will be held online. All lectures will be held via WebEx Training, giving participants the opportunity to configure and run their own MICRESS^® simulation during multiple practical exercises. Therefore, there will be no need to have an own MICRESS^® installation or license file.

Scientists from both academia and industry are encouraged to register for the training. Participation in the event is free of charge. The number of participants is limited to 30 per group. Please limit registration to a maximum of two participants per institution.

System requirements: A standard browser is sufficient to login to the sessions and follow the presentations. But a Windows system and joining the training with the WebEx App is necessary to participate to the hands-on sessions. During login portable versions of the WebEx Meeting app and WebEx AnyConnect client will be installed.

Group	Time
Group A	Aug 26^th and 27^th, 2024 from 3 pm to 10 pm (UTC+2) (recommended for participants from America and Europe)	Closed for registration
Group B	Aug 29^th and 30^th, 2024 from 9 am to 4 pm (UTC+2) (recommended for participants from Asia and Europe)	Closed for registration

Program – Day 1

Group A	Group B	Topics
14:45-15:00	08:45-09:00	Login
15:00-15:15	09:00-09:15	1 Welcome Plenary – RA Agenda Introduction of tutors
15:15-16:15	09:15-10:15	2 Introduction Plenary – JE Overview of features and modelling principles of MICRESS Applications	Tutorial - Introduction to MICRESS.pdf
16:15-16:45	10:15-10:45	3 Overview of the MICRESS user interface Demo – BZ Driving file editor: MICpad Configure input, find examples and manuals Run an example setting Data types and formats of results (txt, mcr, vtk) Viewer: DP_MICRESS
16:45-17:00	10:45-11:00	Coffee break Q&A
17:00-17:15	11:00-11:15	4 Welcome to training with hands-on Plenary – RA Round of introductions of attendees - Who are you?
17:15-17:45	11:15-11:45	5a Training infrastructure Plenary – LK Introduction to Webex Training	Tutorial - Training Infrastructure.pdf
17:45-18:15	11:45-12:15	5b Getting started with your first MICRESS simulation Hands on Connecting to your remote desktop Find MICRESS example directory Create private copy and modify output path Run MICRESS simulation and inspect results with DP_MICRESS Edit comments in driving file and restore original comments from output file (*in) Call for tutor's help Sign completion	Challenge - Create Your First Driving File.pdf
18:15-19:00	12:15-13:00	Lunch / Dinner break
19:00-19:45	13:00-13:45	6 Driving file step by step Plenary – BB A close look at the training example T01_03_AlCu_E_HypoEutectic_2D_TQ.dri Step by step explanation of most important input
19:45-20:15	13:45-14:15	7a Modify a driving file Demo – RB Creating your own driving file (from an example, interactively) Modification of a driving file (e.g. adding initial grains) Strategies to get the new driving file operational	Challenges - Creating and modifying Driving Files.pdf
20:15-20:30	14:15-14:30	7b Modifying a driving file Hands on Create driving file from template (T01_03_AlCu_E_HypoEutectic_2D_TQ.dri) Set output name and path Place initial grains with and without Voronoi tesselation Run simulation and visualize output using DP-MICRESS
20:30-20:45	14:30-14:45	Coffee break Q&A
20:45-21:00	14:45-15:00	7c Solution for Voronoi tessalation and going 3D Demo – RB Place initial grains with Voronoi tesselation Sperical grain in 3D
21:00-21:30	15:00-15:30	7d 3D simulation Hands on Expand example T01_03_AlCu_E_HypoEutectic_2D_TQ.dri to 3D Place initial spherical grain in the domain center Inspect 3D results with DP_MICRESS and export to VTK Visualize results with ParaView
21:30-22:00	15:30-16:00	8 Initial Microstructures Plenary – LK Synthesizing initial microstructures Importing initial microstructure from experimental data Running simulations on synthesized/imported microstructure Importing microstructures from plain-text/VTK files Adding properties to imported microstructures Using MICRESS restart files	Tutorial - Initial Microstructures.pdf

Program – Day 2

Group A	Group B	Topics
14:45-15:00	08:45-09:00	Login
15:00-15:30	09:00-09:30	9a Grain growth Plenary – JE Basics Interfacial properties Orientation/Misorientation	Tutorial - Grain Growth.pdf
15:30-16:00	09:30-10:00	9b Grain growth conditions and misorientations Hands on Clone driving file from example T10_01_GrainGrowth_2D.dri Enable misorientation in phase interaction Use Read-Shockley model for interfacial energy Use Humphreys models for interfacial mobility Run simulation and visualize orientations with dedicated color scale	Challenge - Grain Growth and Misorientation.pdf
16:00-16:30	10:00-10:30	10a Phase transformations Plenary – JE	Tutorial - Phase Transformation.pdf
16:30-16:45	10:30-10:45	10b Add a phase to an existing example Demo – RA Add the theta phase to the AlCu equiaxed dendritic example (AlCu_E_Dendritic_2D_TQ)
16:45-17:00	10:45-11:00	Coffee break Q&A
17:00-17:30	11:00-11:30	11a Coupling to thermodynamics Plenary – BB Thermo-Calc equilibrium and Scheil-Calculation as a basis for MICRESS simulations Creating a GES5 thermodynamic database with Thermo-Calc	Tutorial - Coupling to Thermo-dynamics.pdf
17:30-18:15	11:30-12:15	11b Coupling to thermodynamics Hands on Add Cr as a further element to example T02_01_FeCMn_D_DeltaGamma_2D_TQ.dri Generate and include the required Fe-C-Mn-Cr.GES5 file Add all missing element-specific data Display Cr concentration distribution in DP_MICRESS	Challenge - Add an Element.pdf
18:15-19:00	12:15-13:00	Lunch / Dinner break
19:00-19:30	13:00-13:30	12a Nucleation Plenary – JE Nucleation undercooling Nucleation models - seed undercooling / seed density Nucleation sites	Tutorial - Nucleation.pdf
19:30-20:00	13:30-14:00	12b Nucleation Hands on Alter critical nucleation undercooling in example T02_20_FeCMn_E_GammaAlphaIsotherm_2D_Lin.dri Start simulations under variation of initial process temperature Compare simulation results	Challenge - Define Nucleation Conditions.pdf
20:00-20:15	14:00-14:15	Coffee break Q&A
20:15-20:45	14:15-14:45	13 Coupling to the process Plenary – BB	Tutorial - Linking to the process.pdf
20:45-21:45	14:45-15:45	14 Final challenge Hands-on to be defined	Challenge - Final.pdf
21:45-22:00	15:45-16:00	Open discussion Q&A Farewell

Pre-Training

Please feel encouraged to complete the following pre-training tasks to be best prepared for the training event.

Task 1

Basics of thermodynamics

10 mins

Watch MICRESS Phenomenology Part 1 to get an introduction into thermodynamics.

Task 2

Basics of diffusion and kinetics

5 mins

Watch MICRESS Phenomenology Part 2 to get an introduction into diffusion and kinetics.

Task 3

Basics of multi-phase-field modelling

15 mins

Watch MICRESS Phenomenology Part 3 to get an introduction into multi-phase-field modelling.

Task 4

Coupling of thermodynamics and phase-field simulations

9 mins

Watch MICRESS at work to learn about coupling of thermodynamics and phase-field-modelling.

Task 5

Post-processing toolkit

8 mins

Watch MICRESS Post-Processing Overview to get an overview of common tools for MICRESS post-processing.

Task 6.1

Data analysis with DP_MICRESS — Part I

24 mins

Watch DP_MICRESS Post-Processing Basic Introduction to learn about the features and operational use of DP_MICRESS.

Task 6.2

Data analysis with DP_MICRESS — Part II

Download and install DP_MICRESS.

Task 6.3

Data analysis with DP_MICRESS — Part III

Download the following MICRESS simulation examples.

Open each of the examples with DP_MICRESS and inspect the corresponding output.