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Accelerating Microstructural Evolution Simulations in DIGIMU® through a Front-Tracking Lagrangian Solver: Implementation and Validation in AISI 304L Stainless Steel

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A new efficient numerical solver inspired by front-tracking concepts is implemented within the DIGIMU® framework to accelerate full-field simulations of microstructural evolution. The solver is applied to AISI 304L stainless steel and compared with the conventional level-set formulation under laboratory hot-torsion tests and industrial multi-pass hot rolling conditions. After a limited recalibration of grain boundary mobility and solute drag parameters, both solvers provide comparable predictions of recrystallization kinetics, grain size evolution and final microstructures. The new solver achieves a reduction in computational cost close to two orders of magnitude, while preserving the predictive capabilities of DIGIMU®, thereby enabling more efficient industrial-scale simulations. Simulated predictions will be compared to Ugitech experimental work on lab torsion tests and industrial extrusion processes.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 1050)

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193-204

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April 2026

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Franco Jaime*, Thomas Sourisseau, Pascal De Micheli, Marc Bernacki

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DIGIMU®, Grain Growth, Hot-Rolling, Recrystallization, Simulation, Solute Drag

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