Training 2012
This year's MatCalc course 'Thermodynamic and kinetic simulations with MatCalc' was held from Aug. 7-10 2012 at the Vienna University of Technology with 24 participants from both academia and industry.
Training 2012: "Thermodynamic and kinetic simulations with MatCalc"
Program
Tuesday (10:00 - 17:00)
- Welcome
- Introduction in MatCalc: GUI and first steps
- Theory: thermodynamic equilibrium, driving forces, databases, ...
- Practical training: How to create a workspace, simple equilibrium calculations, stepped calculations ...
- Practical training: Graphical representation of results, data export, ...
Wednesday (9:00 - 17:00)
- Scheil-Gulliver type calculations (theory and practice)
- T0- temperature (theory and practice)
- Using scripts in MatCalc (examples)
- Theory: Phase transformation and precipitation: Comparison of popular models (KJMA, parabolic growth, DICTRA, ...)
- Practice: How to set up precipitation kinetics simulations
- Theory: Introduction to the SFFK Model
Thursday (9:00 - 17:00)
- Theory: Nucleation theory and implementation into MatCalc
- Practice: Changing nucleation conditions: Ortho- / paraequilibrium nucleus composition, nucleation sites, etc.
- Practice: Simulation of heat treatments
- Theory and practice: Grain boundary precipitation versus random distribution: the importance of the correct diffusion field geometry
- Examples
Friday (9:00 - 14:30)
- Theory: Treatment of interfacial energies.
- Discussion / analysis of practical examples of users
Foto gallery ...
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| This year, the computer room was filled up... | ...with course participants. All PC's were occupied. |
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| Ernst demonstrated the usage of MatCalc. | Marion and Felix focused on the simulation. |
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| Uwe is simulating a complex heat treatment process. | Andreas is happy with the results. |
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| Satoru is about starting the calculation with a click. | Min (front) and Katsuya remained sceptic. |
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| Ernst (right) tested MatCalc on Mac. Ozan (left) is concerned about an error message. | Evgeniya analyzing the output. Martin looks for an inspiration. |
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| Saeed (right) is taking notes, while Jason (left) plays MatCalc roulette. | Paul compares his result with the ones on the big screen. |
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| Monika (front), Coline (center) and Claudia working diligently on their computers... | ... and Alex (front), Denis (center) and Axel thinking on the possible application of the results. |
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| Going out after a day of hard working... | ... to satisfy the hunger at the social evening... |
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| ... which we spent in the Old Danube scenery. | When the calories were resupplied, we took a bus... |
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| ... to the illuminated 'Copa Cagrana' ... | ... where we looked for something to quench the thirst. |
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| Now, we could easily relax... | ... and practice the Viennese waltz. Or was it salsa? |