Mechanical properties of machined components are controlled by inducing phase transformations in the outer layer of the materials. Induction hardening is one such manufacturing process where the surface hardness is enhanced while the core is retained with the original structure and characteristics. In this study, a mathematical model had been developed to predict the hardness and the volume fra...

The influences of age hardening and HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing) on the mechanical properties of A356 (Al 7Si 0.6 Mg) casting alloys were studied. Cast bars were homogenized, heated and maintained at a temperature of 540°C for a duration of 2 hours, followed by rapid cooling in a polymeric solution. The castings were age hardened at 180°C for a duration of 4 hours before being subjected to HIP ...

A simple constitutive model for the inelastic response of steel under monotonic and random cyclic loading conditions is developed within the framework of bounding surface plasticity. The particular feature that distinguishes this model from other similar ones is the ability of the bounding surface formulation to describe in a very simple way the initial “plateau” type of perfectly plastic respo...

We discuss an optimal control problem of laser surface hardening of steel which is governed by a dynamical system consisting of a semilinear parabolic equation and an ordinary differential equation with a non differentiable right hand side function f+. To avoid the numerical and analytic difficulties posed by f+, it is regularized using a monotone Heaviside function and the regularized problem ...

Indentation hardness has been used extensively for material characterization and many recent computational studies have established quantitative relationships between elasto-plastic mechanical properties and the response in instrumented indentation. In contrast, very few studies have systematically quantified the effect of the plastic deformation characteristics on the frictional sliding respon...

The deformation behavior of Zr-based cladding forms a basis for fuel behavior codes and affects failure criteria; as such, it is critical to reactor safety. The present study examines the influence of hydrogen on the uniaxial deformation behavior of hydrided cold worked and stressrelieved Zircaloy-4 plate material. Specimens of various orientations (i.e., stress axis aligned with the rolling di...

In carrying out engineering calculations the dimensions of the investigated models are often neglected. On the one hand, it can greatly simplify the calculation of the plane model, but on the other hand, exclude the consideration of the effect of the sample geometric dimensions on the process under study. In the study of strike systems, which are based on wave processes, we should not exclude t...