Generating realistic representative microstructure of biomimetic composite materials for computational assessment of mechanical properties

Alumina hexagonal microplatelets, have been widely utilized to fabricate biomimetic materials. Due to their complex microstructure, accurately predicting the response of biomimetic materials using analytical or numerical approaches can be difficult. More specifically, for computational finite element assessment, the main challenge is regarding the generation of realistic non-uniformly dispersed 3D representative volume element (RVE) geometries....