Induction Hardening of a Cylindrical Pin
Application ID: 143381
This example shows how to model induction hardening of a small steel pin. The ferritic-pearlitic pin is induction heated using a coil with a high frequency alternating current. The surface of the pin is thereby austenitized, and the pin is then water cooled to produce a hard, martensitic surface, retaining the softer interior ferritic-pearlitic composition.
The material properties for the different phases, as well as phase transformation data, are imported from JMatPro for a general steel.
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