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Microstructure-Properties - Materials Science and Engineering

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40<br />

Objective<br />

Linear<br />

Ferromagnets<br />

Non-linear<br />

properties<br />

Electric.<br />

Conduct.<br />

Tensors<br />

Elasticity<br />

Symmetry<br />

The “RVE”<br />

• In order to describe the properties of a<br />

material, it is useful to define a representative<br />

volume element (RVE) that is large enough to<br />

be statistically representative of that region<br />

(but small enough that one can subdivide a<br />

body).<br />

• For example, consider a polycrystal: how<br />

many grains must be included in order for the<br />

element to be representative of that point in<br />

the material?

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