Predicting process–structure and structure–property relationships are the key tasks in materials science and engineering. Central to both research directions is the internal material structure. In the case of metallic materials for structural applications, this internal structure, the microstructure, is the collective ensemble of all equilibrium and nonequilibrium lattice imperfections. Continuum models to derive process–structure and structure–property relationships are based on two ingredients: 1) quantitative state variables that capture the essential features of the material's state and 2) kinetic equations for the state that describe its evolution under load. Successful models, that is, models that are of practical use, depend on state variables and corresponding evolution laws that are sufficiently representative for the microstructure and that are able to describe the phenomena of interest. The development of software tools capable to integrate these different aspects to get a holistic view of process–structure–property relationships requires joint efforts from specialists in different disciplines and a long‐term perspective. The Düsseldorf Advanced Material Simulation Kit (DAMASK) is such a tool. In this overview article published on the occasion of Advanced Engineering Materials' 20th anniversary, some representative application examples which demonstrate how DAMASK can be used to study metallic microstructures at different length scales are presented.

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使用DAMASK解决具有复杂微结构的金属的材料力学和多物理场问题-杜塞尔多夫高级材料仿真套件

预测过程-结构和结构-属性关系是材料科学和工程学的关键任务。这两个研究方向的中心都是内部材料结构。在用于结构应用的金属材料的情况下，这种内部结构即微观结构是所有平衡和非平衡晶格缺陷的集合体。用于推导过程-结构和结构-属性关系的连续模型基于两个成分：1）定量状态变量，可捕获材料状态的基本特征； 2）状态的动力学方程式，描述了其在载荷下的演化。成功的模型，即实际使用的模型，取决于状态变量和相应的演化规律，它们足以代表微观结构并能够描述感兴趣的现象。能够集成这些不同方面以获得流程-结构-财产关系的整体视图的软件工具，需要来自不同学科和长期观点的专家共同努力。杜塞尔多夫高级材料模拟套件（DAMASK）就是这样的工具。在此概述文章发表之际 杜塞尔多夫高级材料模拟套件（DAMASK）就是这样的工具。在此概述文章发表之际 杜塞尔多夫高级材料模拟套件（DAMASK）就是这样的工具。在此概述文章发表之际介绍了先进工程材料公司成立20周年，并提供了一些具有代表性的应用示例，这些示例演示了如何使用DAMASK研究不同长度尺度的金属微观结构。