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Mathematical model of heat flow and austenite-pearlite transformation in eutectoid carbon steel rods for wire

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A mathematical model incorporating both heat transfer and the transformation of austenite to pearlite in eutectoid carbon steel rods has been developed. A computer program based on the implicit finite-difference technique has been written which permits the temperature distribution and fraction of austenite transformed to be predicted as a function of cooling conditions, rod diameter and the transformation characteristics of the steel. The program takes into account the temperature-dependent heat transfer and thermophysical properties; and stresses the importance of the enthalpy of transformation. The model has been checked for internal consistency with theoretical equations, and model predictions have been compared to published industrial data for rod cooling in water at 100 °. The effect on the temperature distribution and fraction of austenite transformed of several variables,viz., rod diameter, starting temperature, heat transfer conditions, transformation characteristics and quenchant temperature, has been predicted using the model. The range of variables studied are typical of those found in industrial processes such as patenting and controlled cooling. Use of the model in the design of controlled cooling processes and in coping with problems such as segregation in wire rods is currently under study.

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  1. IVACO, L’Orignal, Ontario

    Prakash K. Agarwal

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of British Columbia, V6T IW5, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    J. K. Brimacombe (Stelco Professor of Process Metallurgy)

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PRAKASH K. AGARWAL, formerly Graduate Student in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of British Columbia.

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Agarwal, P.K., Brimacombe, J.K. Mathematical model of heat flow and austenite-pearlite transformation in eutectoid carbon steel rods for wire. Metall Trans B 12, 121–133 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02674765

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