Training 2013
This year's MatCalc course 'Thermodynamic and kinetic simulations with MatCalc' was held from Aug. 6-9 2013 at the Vienna University of Technology with 20 participants from both academia and industry.
Training 2013: "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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| Course participants were dealing with interesting problems... | ...under guidance of Ernst and assistance of the tutors. |
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| Mustafa (left) and Johannes having good time with MatCalc. | Georg is pleased with the work of Surya. |
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| Ronny (right) seems exhausted, Pawel is still focused. | Thomas (left) interprets the results, Peter looks for inspiration. |
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| Katharina waits eagerly for the end of the simulation. | Diana is all smiles with the obtained plot curves. |
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| Alexander thinks on the improvements... | ... while Marion is slowly getting tired of clicking :) |
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| Marco (left) and Silke keep working hard. | Aenne is probably not satisfied... |
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| ... and Marion seems also to be confused. | Ingwer noting the tricks learned during the course. |
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| Phillip never gave up looking for the perfect solution... | ... and Marina probably found one already! |
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| Manuel (left) and Andreas are happy with their performance. | Ernst reveals the secrets of the precipitation kinetics simulations |
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| A well deserved break with some refreshments... | .... when the impressions could be also shared. |
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| Enjoying the supper and the fresh air... | ... in 'Zur Alten Kaisermühlen' restaurant. |
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| At night, some more refreshment was found... | ...and the energy was resupplied at "Strandbar Herrmann" |