FIB Tortuosity¶
Introduction¶
This module is used to calculate the geometric tortuosity of a three-dimensional structure, based on J. Taillon’s 2016 paper. Useful for FIB/SEM reconstructions of SOFCs, but probably useful in other situations as well.
The expected inputs are binary (0 and 1) or ternary (0, 1, or 2) 3D tif files representing the phases to calculate. Because the module is focused on SOFC calculations primarily, it is expected that 1 index represents the bulk electrolyte phase. If present, the 2 index is the phase for which to calculate the tortuosity. The 0 index are the areas that cannot be traversed (i.e. the hard boundaries that create the tortuosity).
Installation¶
>>> s.set_signal_type("EELS")