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Numerical Modeling of Microstructure Evolution During Forging of Crank Shafts |
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| Authors: | Andrzej Milenin Wojciech Walczyk Maciej Pietrzyk |
| Affiliation: | 1. AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30, 30‐059 Kraków, Poland;2. Metal Forming Institute, Jana Paw?a II nr 14, 61‐139, Poznań, Poland |
| Abstract: | Application of numerical simulations to improve forging technology for crank shafts is the objective of this work. Thermal–mechanical finite element model combined with closed form equations describing microstructure evolution is used. Simulations of grain size changes in several locations in the volume of the forging were performed. Results of simulations allow to evaluate microstructure of the final product. |
| Keywords: | forging crank shafts finite element method microstructure evolution |