VN-GraphGG: von Neumann--Mullins--based graph grain growth simulation
Abstract
Efficient simulations of grain growth are essential for investigating the process-structure-property relationships in polycrystalline materials. We introduce a two-dimensional von Neumann-Mullins-based graph grain growth simulation (VN-GraphGG), which couples the grain-scale kinetics with microstructure reconstruction. The polycrystalline microstructure is represented as a graph with grain and junction nodes. The grain-area evolution on the grain graph is governed by the von Neumann--Mullins (VN) law, while a graph neural network is trained to reconstruct the microstructure from the graph. This separation allows kinetic coefficients to be varied without retraining the neural reconstruction model. Topological changes during grain growth such as disappearance of grains and changes in neighbor relations are handled straightforwardly through reconstruction and postprocessing. Simulations demonstrate accurate predictions of VN kinetics and coarsening statistics, and significant speedup over the phase-field simulations. The proposed method provides a foundation for efficient grain growth simulation based on grain-scale kinetics, opening the way to incorporate a broader range of physical mechanisms. An application example is presented for abnormal grain growth, in which kinetic heterogeneity significantly influences the grain microstructure evolution.
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BibTeX
@misc{huang2026vngraphgg,
title = {{VN-GraphGG: von Neumann--Mullins--based graph grain growth simulation}},
author = {Yuntong Huang and Zhihao Li and Shuyang Dai and Chang Ma and Yang Xiang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.13418},
eprint = {2610.13418},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13418},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - VN-GraphGG: von Neumann--Mullins--based graph grain growth simulation
AU - Yuntong Huang
AU - Zhihao Li
AU - Shuyang Dai
AU - Chang Ma
AU - Yang Xiang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/09
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.13418
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.13418
AB - Efficient simulations of grain growth are essential for investigating the process-structure-property relationships in polycrystalline materials. We introduce a two-dimensional von Neumann-Mullins-based graph grain growth simulation (VN-GraphGG), which couples the grain-scale kinetics with microstructure reconstruction. The polycrystalline microstructure is represented as a graph with grain and junction nodes. The grain-area evolution on the grain graph is governed by the von Neumann--Mullins (VN) law, while a graph neural network is trained to reconstruct the microstructure from the graph. This separation allows kinetic coefficients to be varied without retraining the neural reconstruction model. Topological changes during grain growth such as disappearance of grains and changes in neighbor relations are handled straightforwardly through reconstruction and postprocessing. Simulations demonstrate accurate predictions of VN kinetics and coarsening statistics, and significant speedup over the phase-field simulations. The proposed method provides a foundation for efficient grain growth simulation based on grain-scale kinetics, opening the way to incorporate a broader range of physical mechanisms. An application example is presented for abnormal grain growth, in which kinetic heterogeneity significantly influences the grain microstructure evolution.
ER -