Differential Quenching of a Japanese Katana

Application ID: 130121


The katana is a legendary Japanese sword used by the samurai in olden days. Here, we present a simple model where we simulate a differential hardening process to explore some of the features of the katana.

Learn more in this related blog post: Modeling the Differential Quenching of a Katana

This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products: