Work is being undertaken at Thermotech on the development of software for p
redicting a wide range of materials properties. These properties include th
ermophysical and physical properties, mechanical properties, TTT/CCT diagra
ms, etc., and the calculations are being applied to a variety of multicompo
nent alloy types, such as Ni-based superalloys, steels, Ti alloys, and Al a
lloys. The user interacts with the program using a simple graphical user in
terface and the software basis is designed to be platform independent, able
to run on Windows 98/NT/2000, Linux, Unix-based workstations, etc. The new
program is particularly aimed at multicomponent alloys used in industrial
practice, and numerous examples of calculated results for the various prope
rties will be presented with the emphasis being on validation of the calcul
ated result against experimental observation.