I. Golobic et al., PREDICTION OF MICROSTRUCTURE AND HARDNESS OF STEELS AFTER HEAT-TREATMENT IN VACUUM FURNACES WITH HIGH-PRESSURE GAS QUENCH SYSTEMS, Strojarstvo, 37(3-4), 1995, pp. 119-123
A mathematical model of transient heat transfer during heal treating o
f steels in vacuum furnaces with high pressure gas quench systems was
developed. Using the calculated cooling curves and the relevant TTT di
agram, the microstructure and hardness of standard shape steel bodies,
such as a plate, cylinder, sphere and parallelopiped, can be predicte
d. A comparison of the calculated and measured values shows good agree
ment.