Austempered ductile iron is frequently employed in the fabrication of automobile parts due to its good mechanical properties, and its simplicity and low cost of the manufacturing process. The heat treatment design is an ...

The three-step austempering heat treatment of ductile iron parts in this paper is simulated by employing a coupled thermo-mechanical-metallurgical model. The thermo-mechanical formulation is solved in the macroscale using ...

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 ...

Austempered ductile iron has been the object of study by researchers for showing comparative advantages with many competing materials, mainly with respect to its similar or superior mechanical properties, such as when ...

Surface characteristics of thin wall ductile iron (TWDI) parts, such as residual stresses, distortion and dimensional changes produced during casting and heat treatment, are relevant variables when it comes to production ...

The optimal combination of the mechanical characteristics of austempered spheroidal graphitic cast steel together with modern casting techniques yielded an economically promising product. The maximum potential of the usage ...

The optimal combination of the mechanical characteristics of austempered spheroidal graphitic cast steel together with modern casting techniques yielded an economically promising product. The maximum potential of the usage ...

The ultrafast heating (UFH) of steels has come increasingly under the spotlight over the last two decades. The promising developments of ultrafast heated steels stem from the short times involved during the thermal treatment ...