--- layout: post title: PCA and Structure-Property linkages --- ## Objective and Motivation + Most advanced structural materials exhibit polycrystalline microstructures + The spatial distribution of the crystal lattice orientations at the microscale plays an important role in controlling their effective properties. + Communicating the effective properties of polycrystal to the higher length scales – homogenized properties + Structure-Property linkages are helpful in providing guidance for process design [_2 pt statistics from GSH basis function_](http://penpatel.github.io/MIC-Mg-PSLinkages/2014/11/11/2pt-Statistics-using-GSH.html) ## PCA and linkages