Materials Algorithms Project

Program MAP_STEEL_BAINITE

1. Provenance of code.
2. Purpose of code.
3. Specification.
4. Description of subroutine's operation.
5. References.
6. Parameter descriptions.
7. Error indicators.
8. Accuracy estimate.
9. Any additional information.
10. Example of code
11. Auxiliary subroutines required.
12. Keywords.
13. Download source code.
14. Links.

Provenance of Source Code

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia
University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London
U. K.

Naomi Chester
University of Cambridge, U. K.

E-mail: hkdb@cam.ac.uk, h.bhadeshia@qmul.ac.uk

Added to MAP: January 2024.

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Purpose

This program allows the kinetics of the bainite transformation to be estimated as a function of heat treatment, austenite grain size and the chemical composition of the steel concerned.

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Specification

Language: FORTRAN 

	Product form: Graphical User Interface 

	Platform: compiled program for Apple Macintosh, but the source code can in principle be compiled for any operating system.
	

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Description

The source code is written in FORTRAN. It is self-contained and complete.

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References

1. Mathematical model for the kinetics of the bainite reaction in steels, by N. Chester and H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia, Journal de Physique IV, Colloque C5, Vol. 7, 1997, pp. 41-46.

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Parameters

Input parameters

The temperature and chemical composition (wt%), input directly when running the program.

The austenite grain size in micrometres.

The heat treatment.

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Error Indicators

None.

None.

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Accuracy

A full calculation of the error bars is presented in reference.

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Further Comments

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Keywords

steel, bainite, kinetics.

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Download

Download source code in FORTRAN, and compiled file for Apple Macintosh (2022,2024).

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