Cellular Automaton Modeling of Austenite Nucleation and Growth in Hypoeutectoid Steel during Heating Process

Nucleation of Austenite in Mechanically Stabilized Martensite by Localized Heating

The nucleation of bcc austenite in a single crystal of a mechanically stabilized 2H-martensite of Cu-Al-Ni shape-memory alloy is studied. The nucleation process is induced by localized heating and observed by optical microscopy. It is observed that nucleation occurs after a time delay and that the nucleation points are always located at one of the corners of the sample (a rectangular bar in the...

Nucleation and Growth of Alumina Inclusions during Steel Deoxidation

Cellular automaton simulation of microstructure evolution during austenite decomposition under continuous cooling conditions

A two-dimensional diffusion based model is developed to describe transformation of austenite into ferrite and pearlite under continuous cooling conditions. The nucleation of ferrite is assumed to occur over grain boundaries and the nucleation of pearlite is assumed to be taking place all over the grain and at growing ferrite–austenite interfaces, when the composition and temperature conditions ...

Gaussian Process Modelling of Austenite Formation in Steel

We introduce the Gaussian process model for the empirical modelling of the formation of austenite during the continuous heating of steels. A previous paper has examined the application of neural networks to this problem, but the Gaussian process model is a more general probabilistic model which avoids some of the arbitrariness of neural networks, and is somewhat more amenable to interpretation....

Inclusion Nucleation, Growth, and Mixing during Steel Deoxidation

A computational model based on classic homogenous nucleation theory, thermodynamic analysis and numerical simulation, has been developed to study steel deoxidation by aluminum in a low carbon aluminum-killed steel ladle. The model calculates the nucleation and time evolution of the alumina inclusion size distribution due to Ostwald ripening, Brownian collision and turbulent collision. Starting ...