Publication
A 3D phase-field (PhF) model has been developed to study the formation of micropores constrained to grow within a well-developed solid network. The model accounts for the equilibrium condition at triple (solid-liquid-pore) lines and the partitioning of dissolved gases. Growth of a micropore in a representative volume element taken from X-ray tomography was simulated, which offered the possibility to study the pore evolution in temporal and spatial resolutions that are not possible in experiments.
Christophe Moser, Jorge Andres Madrid Wolff, Riccardo Rizzo