A new computer program for predicting materials properties

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.