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Simulation of Isothermal Austenite Transformation in Steel

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An algorithm is developed for simulation of phase transitions in the solid state. The algorithm permits the derivation of the corresponding kinetic curves for different initial conditions (quantity and configuration of new-phase nuclei, distance between the closest nuclei). The results of simulation are analyzed by means of the Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov equation and the logistical function for determining the corresponding coefficients. Analogies are established between the results of simulation and the experimental kinetics of isothermal transformation of austenite in alloy steel.

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  1. Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620075, Russia

    Yu. V. Yudin, A. A. Kuklina & M. V. Maisuradze

  2. Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620990, Russia

    P. D. Lebedev

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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Yudin, A.A. Kuklina, P.D. Lebedev, M.V. Maisuradze, 2018, published in Stal’, 2018, No. 10, pp. 58–63.

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Yudin, Y.V., Kuklina, A.A., Lebedev, P.D. et al. Simulation of Isothermal Austenite Transformation in Steel. Steel Transl. 48, 684–689 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0967091218100133

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