Effect of Velocity of Impact on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Medium Carbon Steel during Quenching Operations

• 作者: Edeki Mudiare Joseph Babalola Agboola Michael Bolaji Adeyemi Oladiran Abubakre Kamardeen
• 来源期刊: 工程(英文)(1947-3931)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: QUENCHING MODELING VELOCITY IMPACT Mechanical Properties Steel
• 年，卷（期）: gc-eng_2015,（7）
• 页码范围: 434-445
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Theoretical analysis of the effects of velocity of impact using suitable heat transfer equations expressed in forms of finite difference method was developed and used to determine their effects on the characteristic cooling parameters during quenching process. Various velocities of impact obtained by varying the heights of specimen drops were also used to experimentally determine their effects on characteristic cooling parameters and mechanical properties of medium carbon steel using water as the quenching medium. At height of drop of 0.5 m, 1.0 m, 1.5 m, and 2.0 m, the tensile strength of the material is 410.4, 496.12, 530.56, and 560.40 N/mm2 respectively. The corresponding hardness values are 42.4, 45.2, 46.2, 50.5 HRC respectively. It is found that as the velocity of impact increases, maximum cooling rate increases. Hardness and ultimate tensile strength also increase. There are good agreements between theoretical and experimentally determined values of critical cooling parameters of water during quenching operations.