Training 2010
This year's MatCalc course 'Thermodynamic and kinetic simulations with MatCalc' was held from Aug. 10-13 2010 at the Vienna University of Technology with 8 participants from both academia and industry.
Time schedule of the this year's MatCalc training course:
Tuesday, Aug 10, 2010; 9:30 to 17:30
- Welcome, History, field of application …
- Introduction to MatCalc: GUI and first steps/calculations
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- Theory: thermodynamic equilibrium, driving forces, databases, ...
- Practical training: How to create a workspace, simple equilibrium calculations
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- Practical training: Stepped calculations, graphical representation of results, data export
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- Theory: thermodynamic equilibrium, driving forces, databases, ... (continued)
- Practical training: Calculation of Phase boundaries (‘How to find …’), Calculation and plotting of Fe-C phase diagram
Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010; 9:00 to 17:00
- Scheil-Gulliver simulation, microsegregation and relevance for kinetic simulations (theory and practice)
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- T0- temperature (theory and practice)
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- Performing a first precipitation simulation in the GUI (cementite in ferrite)
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- Simulation of a precipitate size distribution
- Introduction to console commands
Thursday, Aug 12, 2010; 9:00 to 17:00
- Practical training: Changing nucleation conditions: Ortho- / paraequilibrium nucleus composition, nucleation sites, etc.
- Practical training: Evaluation of driving forces for precipitates
- Practical training: Influence of matrix parameters
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- Theory: Phase transformation and precipitation in the MatCalc framework: SFFK model
- Theory: Introduction to the SFFK Model: evolution equations
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- Practical training: Writing a script for precipitation simulation
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- Practical training: Heat treament simulation: Precipitation of (Nb,V)(C,N) in steel
Friday, Aug 13, 2010; 9:00 to 15:00
- Practical training: Precipitation in Ni-alloys. Strategies for optimizing the modelling parameters
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- Theory: Nucleation theory, treatment of interfacial energies
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- Discussion / analysis of practical examples of users
Foto gallery ...
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| In our lecture room ... | ... Ernst was guiding through the MatCalc features. |
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| Uffe seemed a little sceptic, ... | Esra trying various keyboard-shortcuts |
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| Silke got sad with her result | Mohammad compares his result with the one of Ernst |
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| Daniel focused on his work | Christian is quite content with the simulation |
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| Tim thinks on his problem (or plays minesweeper?) | Zeljko in concentrated action |
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| The whole group was working hard on the simulation | Learning for the MatCalc final exam... :) |
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| Then came the time for some refreshment ... | ... which revived the scientific discussion |
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| Soon, we enjoyed the sunset at the Alte Donau ... | ... but the discussions were continued up to late night hours (@Tel-Aviv Beach at Donaukanal) |