Material property database for heat treatment simulation of tool materials

A materials data base has been set up with mechanical, thermophysical and transformation properties of tool and creep resistant steels. In particular powder metallurgical materials have been covered. The intended use of the data is for numerical simulation of heat treatment with focus on computation of residual stresses and distortion in Compound materials (macro composites). The main body of the data was generated in new experiments. In this paper data for the powder metallurgical high speed steel ASP 2060 will be presented. The material properties determined include thermophysical data such as thermal conductivity and specific heat, mechanical data such as yield strength and work hardening rate, and thermal expansion data. Most data were determined at different temperatures and after heat treatments to different microstructures. Additional data added to the database include literature data for elastic properties and transformation induced plasticity. Quenching of a Compound ring consisting of an inner high speed steel and an outer tool steel was simulated numerically using two codes, DistSIMR and Trast7. With the help of a database interface input data adjusted to the formats of the two codes were generated. The results of the simulations showed good agreement between the two models both for the computed residual stresses and distortions, which confirms the reliability of the results.