Avizo Xlab Simulation Software for Material Properties Computation Based on 3D Images

Avizo XLab Simulation Software For material properties computation based on 3D images

Avizo XLab simulation software modules* XLAB MODULES provide efficient numerical simulation XLab Hydro Absolute permeability capabilities to compute material physical XLab Electro Electrical resistivity / Formation factor properties from a scanned sample (CT, XLab Thermo Thermal conductivity

µCT, FIB-SEM, MRI). XLab Diffusion Molecular diffusivity

Straightforward and faster analysis. Complement PHYSICAL PROPERTY CALCULATION challenging physical experiments with efficient simulations even on micro- and nanoscale samples: ·· Simply provide a few parameters about the material ·· Obtain simulation results directly and faster ·· Easily modify simulation parameters for swift reruns

Time and resource-saving simulations. XLab solvers do THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY not require demanding conversions to geometric models, unlike geometry-based simulations: ·· Equations are solved using the time and resource-saving finite-volume method. ·· No software switching, no data file export and import anymore! Image processing, simulation, and analysis are fully integrated features. MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY All-in-one virtual materials characterization lab. FORMATION FACTOR Integrated with Avizo Fire, XLab simulation solvers provide a comprehensive digital lab for materials characterization: ·· Powerful 3D image processing and segmentation ·· Extensive quantification analysis tools ·· Direct intrinsic material properties calculation SEGMENTATION ·· GPU-enabled computation ·· Easy comparison of simulation results vs. images from experiment ·· Connection of custom algorithms to Avizo ·· High-end 3D visualization 3D IMAGES

* XLab simulation modules are extensions of Avizo Fire 3D analysis software. Accelerate material analysis and design with Avizo XLab Simulation of an experiment: an experiment is simulated simulation software. by generating a constant disequilibrium between two Assessing and predicting material physical properties can opposite faces of the sample. The other faces are be challenging and may involve time-consuming and costly hermetically closed. The equations are solved and the procedures. Avizo XLab simulation software can resulting field is used to estimate the material property. considerably accelerate material analysis and design by Run fast iterative simulations. providing efficient numerical simulation capabilities based GPU acceleration: solving the system of equations for a on 3D images of scanned samples. numerical model of material properties is very compute- For material analysis and design. intensive. Natural resources The GPU implementation of XLab algorithms* ·· Rocks, Soils, Planetary considerably increases the computing speed, making XLab Materials science solvers extremely efficient tools for the numerical ·· Cements, Filters and catalysts, Wood, Ceramics, simulation of material properties. The powerful GPUs that Insulation materials, Explosives, Consumer products usually equip workstations on which Avizo and XLab run Electronics are thus optimally used, allowing users to perform multiple ·· Batteries, Fuel cells, Magnets, Sensors simulations in record time. Life sciences Stop and swiftly rerun computations: there will be times ·· Skin and membrane filtration, Bones and scaffolds, Drug when you want to stop XLab in the middle of a delivery computation. XLab provides a convenient way to stop computations and perform swift reruns based on the stored intermediate results.

Image segmentation vs. material properties: the integration of XLab solvers with Avizo Fire virtual materials characterization lab enables fast simulation reruns to evaluate the impact of variations in image segmentation on material properties.

Leverage avizo fire’s comprehensive digital lab. Avizo Fire is an integrated multimodality software solution  Absolute permeability simulation. Acquisition device: x-ray micro-CT. to characterize material properties. It provides an extensive Courtesy of D. Bernard, ICMCB-CNRS. toolbox for advanced visualization, image processing, segmentation, registration, fusion and quantification, Compute properties using two approaches. image-based solvers, and geometric pre-processing for Computation of the intrinsic tensor: The continuum Finite Element Modeling or Pore Network Modeling. equations are derived using general methods such as The Avizo Fire environment allows you to integrate data volume averaging or homogenization. These methods are from multiple sources into a single environment from which developed under strong mathematical and physical you can seamlessly analyze 2D and 3D multimodality data. assumptions, and provide a way of predicting a tensor of Avizo Fire provides a unique platform for effective the intrinsic property. They require imposing periodic routine analysis and advanced research. Using template boundary conditions on a representative elementary workflows and a scripting facility, you can customize your volume and solving equations which are close to the Avizo Fire environment and automate frequent tasks. continuum ones. Avizo is extensible and can easily be integrated into any The resulting tensor provides the effective property of a application or workflow, thus allowing you to focus on your representative sample along the different directions. core competency.

* Available for some XLab modules

2 FEI Explore. Discover. Resolve. XLAB HYDRO Computed property Absolute permeability By solving Stokes equations + Darcy’s law Specifications ·· Incompressible fluid ·· Newtonian fluid ·· Single-phase fluid (relative permeability not addressed) ·· Impermeable solid phase

XLAB THERMO Computed property Thermal conductivity By solving Fourier’s law Specifications ·· Multi-phase material ·· Each phase property can be set individually i.e. each phase may be conductive or insulating ·· Conduction with pure diffusion (without convection nor radiation) ·· One-temperature model (continuity of temperature at phase interface)

XLAB ELECTRO Computed property Electrical resistivity Formation factor

By solving Ohm’s law Specifications ·· Solid phase is a perfect insulator ·· Single-phase fluid ·· Direct current voltage ·· Fluid phase saturated with conductive solution

XLAB DIFFUSION Computed property Molecular diffusivity By solving Fick’s second law Specifications ·· Single chemical specie moving in solvent ·· Pure diffusion, without advection nor chemical reaction at fluid-solid interface ·· Fluid-phase saturated with solvent

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS Windows XP/Vista/7, 64-bit

Explore. Discover. Resolve. FEI 3 Avizo Fire Avizo Wind Avizo XLab

PORE SPACE PARTITIONING Pore Network Modeling

Absolute permeability Molecular diusivity IMAGE SEGMENTATION DIRECT 3D IMAGE-BASED SIMULATION Electrical resistivity Thermal conductivity

Numerical solvers: 3D IMAGE STACK Abaqus, Ansys, Comsol, - MICRO-CT, FIB/SEM, ETC. - MESH GENERATION Fluent, OpenFOAM, StarCCM+, etc. ADVANCED POST-PROCESSING

From 3D images to simulations. Avizo Fire software Comprehensive and extensible toolbox. Avizo Fire provides supports a variety of approaches to reliably model and a comprehensive and extensible toolbox for advanced simulate material physical properties. materials characterization.

Pre-/post-processing for finite element modeling (FEM): All-in-one software application: from straightforward Avizo Fire uses the segmented 3D image data to generate visualization and measurement to advanced image a high-quality 3D mesh through advanced 3D surface processing, quantification and skeletonization, Avizo reconstruction and optimization tools, as well as volume Fire provides a comprehensive, multimodality digital meshing, which is exported to solvers. Avizo Wind is then lab for advanced 2D and 3D visualization, materials used to post-process results of the simulations. characterization, reconstruction of 3D models, pore

Pre-/post-processing for pore network modeling (PNM): network analysis and calculation of physical properties. Avizo Fire’s advanced image processing tools enable pore Customize and expand Avizo Fire: Avizo’s expandability space partitioning and network modeling. External PNM makes it the ideal framework for organizations that require can also be imported into Avizo Fire. PNM allows fine rapid software customization to address their specific porosity analysis including pore size distribution, throat 2D/3D data visualization and analysis needs. radius size distribution, connectivity and coordination Use the built-in scripting language to customize Avizo number, as well as permeability computation. and easily automate tasks and workflows.

Direct 3D image-based simulation: Avizo XLab simulation Use the Avizo XPand extension to create new custom software modules provide efficient numerical simulation components such as file readers and writers, to integrate capabilities to compute material physical properties from computation routines, and even to develop new a scanned sample (CT, µCT, FIB-SEM, MRI, etc.). Avizo visualization modules. XLab modules use the result of the segmentation to run straightforward image-based property simulations.

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