Recent research has reported that austempered ductile irons (ADI) suffer a marked embrittlement when the material is tested in tension with its surface in contact with water. The objective of this investigation is to verify ...

This paper presents a new metallurgical model for the ausferritic transformation of ductile cast iron. The model allows predicting the evolution of phases in terms of the chemical composition, austenitization and austempering ...

The influence of alloy element distributions on austempered ductile iron microstructure and austempering treatment was analysed by a cellular automaton model that considers the ausferritic and martensitic transformations. ...

The Dual Boundary Element Method (DBEM) is used in this work to model the micro mechanics of fatigue crack propagation in austempered ductile iron (ADI). Emphasis is put in devising accurate procedures for the evaluation ...

Austempered ductile iron (ADI) has a good combination of mechanical properties and castability allowing it to replace forged steels while offering lower costs. CADI is thought to improve ADI's abrasion resistance by the ...

Austempered ductile iron is a metallic alloy of technological interest. Currently, the part design is added by means of simulations performed by using different types of models. This work aims at comparing three models ...

The grinding process is a finishing operation that guarantees the surface of the workpieces with geometric and dimensional precision. This machining requires significant efforts to remove material, which can cause excessive ...