Date of Award
Fall 12-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Engineering
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor
Chakravarty, Uttam
Second Advisor
Schilling, Paul
Third Advisor
Guillot, Martin
Abstract
Machine components made of steel are subjected to heat treatment processes for improving mechanical properties in order to enhance product life and is usually done by quenching. During quenching, heat is transferred rapidly from the hot metal component to the quenchant and that rapid temperature drop induces phase transformation in the metal component. As a result, quenching generates some residual stresses and deformations in the material. Therefore, to estimate the temperature distribution, residual stress, and deformation computationally; three-dimensional finite element models are developed for two different steel components – a spur gear and a circular tube by a static and a dynamic quenching analyses, respectively. The time-varying nodal temperature distributions in both models are observed and the critical regions are identified. The variations of stress and deformation after quenching along different pathways for both models are studied. The convergence for both models is checked and validations of the models are done.
Recommended Citation
Sarker, Pratik, "Investigation of the Quenching Characteristics of Steel Components by Static and Dynamic Analyses" (2014). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1942.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1942
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