Evaluation Of Hardening Performance of Cooling Media by Using Inverse Heat Conduction Methods and Property Prediction

摘要

A sequential numerical method for characterization of hardening performance of quenchants applied for steel quenching is outlined here. This novel method is based on the specific processing of measured time-temperature samples performed as a result of cooling curve tests. As a function of surface temperature the heat transfer coefficient, characterises the heat transfer during cooling and is calculated using an iterative inverse algorithm. The heat transfer coefficient is used for the calculation of the microstructural constituents and the hardness profile of cylindrical samples of arbitrary diameters. The hardening performance of the media is evaluated by the estimated hardness of the specimen obtained by heat treatment.