Training 2018 Basic
This year's MatCalc course 'MatCalc Basic Thermokinetic Simulations' was held from Aug. 7-10 2018 at TU Wien with 15 participants from both academia and industry.
Training 2018: "MatCalc Basic Thermokinetic Simulations"
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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| Course participants got assistance of Philipp this year | Ernst did the whole simulation using one hand only! |
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| Matthias and Tobias following the console output | Nikolai defining the thermomechanical treatment |
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| Georg and Manuel wonder what went wrong... | Viktor keeps an eye on the evolving precipitate distribution |
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| Bingye scrolls through buffer states | Jana and Alexander describe the plot axes |
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| Christian and Daniela looking for the error cause | Sanjeev was proud of his performance |
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| Pascal checks if the equation was implemented correctly | Cecilia and Kevontrez typing the script commands |
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| We had the supper at "Zur Alten Kaisermühle"... | ...where some drinks for cooling were also served. |
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| We enjoyed that time together... | ...till the evening hours came |
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| The party moved then to Strandbar Herrmann... | ... located near the Urania observatory |