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PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART L-JOURNAL OF MATERIALS-DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 232, Issue 1, Pages 44-57Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1464420715612235
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Retained austenite; simulation; finite element method; AISI 52100
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The mechanical properties of hardened AISI 52100 bearing steel such as flexural strength, microhardness and Young's modulus are considerably influenced by the austenite content retained in the microstructure. A microstructure-sensitive finite element simulation approach is presented which considers the effect of retained austenite to estimate the mechanical properties. The austenite grain size is derived as a function of austenitising temperature and holding time using a modified Arrhenius type equation. The simulation strategy involves division of the two-dimensional domain using triangular elements such that a group of six neighbouring triangular elements represented a hexagonal grain of calculated size. Material inhomogeneity is introduced by enforcing austenite properties to a fraction of the elements equal to the volume percent of retained austenite in the steel. The predictions from the simulation approach for 8% and 20% retained austenite volume fractions matched well with earlier experimental results.
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