Metals are made of randomly oriented crystals at the microscopic-length scale. The alignment of the crystal faces creates an infinite number of configurations and complex patterns, making simulations of specific patterns difficult and expensive. Aerospace engineers in The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign created a model to capture the metal material's response to stress and predict failure hotspots at a scale equivalent in pixels to over 600 million dots per inch.
Why metal microstructures matter: AI pinpoints stress hotspots to guide safer designs
