Perceptive Review of Ferrous Micro/Macro Material Models for Thermo-Mechanical Processing Applications

Abstract

Perceptive review of progress in development of ferrous materials models for computational engineering applications is the subject of the present work. Development of both micro/macro mean field and full field material models during last forty years is presented and discussed. Evolution of conventional mean field models based on closed form or differential equations is described first to present the progression in thinking of materials. Then, recent progress and selected advancements in development of full field models are addressed to present the state-of-the-art, as well as directions for future developments. Finally, capabilities, as well as limitations and drawbacks of both groups of models are discussed on the basis of selected case studies.