Quenching of a Steel Billet
Application ID: 75961
A steel billet is quenched in oil from its austenitic state. A 2D axisymmetric model is used to simulate the coupled problem of austenite decomposition, heat transfer, and solid mechanics. During the quenching process, the austenite decomposes into a combination of ferrite, pearlite, bainite, and martensite. Phase transformation strains resulting from thermal expansion and transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) are computed. The resulting residual stress state is computed.
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- COMSOL Multiphysics® et
- Module Metal Processing et
- soit le Module Geomechanics, ou Module Nonlinear Structural Materials et
- soit le Module MEMS, ou Module Structural Mechanics
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