A FEM modeling of quenching and tempering and its application in industrial engineering

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1053-1070

  Liu, C C ^a   Xu, X J ^a   Liu, Z ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Heat treatment; Numerical simulation; Quenching; Tempering

Indexed keywords

CREEP TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TREATMENT; PLASTICITY; QUENCHING; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERING;

TRANSFORMATION KINETICS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042671257     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(02)00156-7     Document Type: Article

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