Computational Determination of Macroscopic Mechanical and Thermal Material Properties for Different Morphological Variants of Cast Iron
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Creating Simulation Domains for Cast Iron with Lamellar Graphite
2.1. Modelling the Morphology of Cast Iron with Lamellar Graphite
2.2. The Volume Elements
3. Model Formulation
3.1. Mechanical and Thermal Model for Pearlite
3.2. Mechanical and Thermal Model for the Graphite Lamellae
4. Mechanical Simulations
4.1. Key Points of the Numerics and the Simulation Setup
4.2. Analysis of the Mechanical Model
4.3. Mechanical Simulation Study
4.3.1. Results of the Mechanical Simulation Study
4.3.2. Mechanical Parameters
5. Thermal Simulations
6. Correlation of Thermal and Mechnical Properties
7. Summary and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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IA3 | to | |
IA4 | to | |
IA5 | to |
20 | 1.0 | 210.0 | 1.0 | 230.0 | 772.0 | 19.0 |
150 | 0.95 | 199.5 | 1.0 | 230.0 | 772.0 | 19.0 |
300 | 0.8 | 168.0 | 1.0 | 230.0 | 772.0 | 19.0 |
450 | 0.65 | 136.5 | 0.89 | 204.7 | 687.1 | 19.0 |
600 | 0.31 | 65.1 | 0.47 | 108.1 | 362.8 | 19.0 |
750 | 0.11 | 23.1 | 0.17 | 39.1 | 131.2 | 19.0 |
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Herrmann, C.; Schmid, S.; Schneider, D.; Selzer, M.; Nestler, B. Computational Determination of Macroscopic Mechanical and Thermal Material Properties for Different Morphological Variants of Cast Iron. Metals 2021, 11, 1588. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101588
Herrmann C, Schmid S, Schneider D, Selzer M, Nestler B. Computational Determination of Macroscopic Mechanical and Thermal Material Properties for Different Morphological Variants of Cast Iron. Metals. 2021; 11(10):1588. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101588
Chicago/Turabian StyleHerrmann, Christoph, Stefan Schmid, Daniel Schneider, Michael Selzer, and Britta Nestler. 2021. "Computational Determination of Macroscopic Mechanical and Thermal Material Properties for Different Morphological Variants of Cast Iron" Metals 11, no. 10: 1588. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11101588