Reduced Mobility of Triple Nodes and Lines on Grain Growth in Two and Three Dimensions

Vertex dynamics models in two and three dimensions are applied to study grain growth including a limited mobility of triple points (two dimensions) and triple lines (three dimensions). A recent experiment on a triple node is used to validate the proposed model. The reduced triple node/line mobility in the case of a polycrystalline sample is shown to influence both, the grain growth kinetics and the grain size distribution function.