Training 2017
This year's MatCalc course 'Thermodynamic and kinetic simulations with MatCalc' was held from Aug. 8-11 2017 at the Vienna University of Technology with 17 participants from both academia and industry.
Training 2017: "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 (10:00 - 18:00)
- Theory: Nucleation theory and implementation into MatCalc
- Practice: Changing nucleation conditions: Ortho- / paraequilibrium nucleus composition, nucleation sites, etc.
- Practice: Simulation of heat treatments
- Theory: Treatment of interfacial energies.
- Theory and practice: Grain boundary precipitation versus random distribution: the importance of the correct diffusion field geometry
- Examples
Friday (8:30 - 14:30)
- Calculation of TTP-diagrams (theory and example)
- Discussion / analysis of practical examples of users
Foto gallery ...
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| Participants waiting for the presentation of Heinrich... | Ernst streching after the class unit |
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| Leandro working on the simulation setup | Alexander looks somewhat suspicious about the result |
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| ...but Carina seems to be pleased with the outcome | ...and so does Andreas |
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| Mohammed is happy with new MatCalc functionality | Isabell is worried about the error message |
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| Michail and Alexis remain sceptic | ... on the other hand, Aleksandar is contented |
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| Christoph checks if model equations are correct | Ibrahim wonders if the process conditions are fine |
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| Martin and Rene see that the process conditions are fine | David enjoys reading the course documents |
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| Bernhard executed his script without error | Nora and Bernhard follow the presentation on the big screen |
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| Sunset over the Danube was the scenery... | ... of our social evening at Rembetiko |
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| We shared our impressions... | ...with refreshing beverages at hand |
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| The supper provided us with energy... | ...to stay till the late evening hours. |