Can Computer Simulations Revolutionize Material Design?

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hello

are there software to design alloys in silico or other materials and see how they would perform?

thanks!
 
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To my knowledge, there is nothing that works from first principles, but it is possible to interpolate between properties of existing alloys.
 
http://srg.northwestern.edu/Publications%20Library/Journals/2000_DesigningNewMaterialWorld_Science_small.pdf

You need to zoom out and think more carefully about the problem you are trying to solve.