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    Experimental evaluation and FE simulation of phase transformations and tensile stresses in hot forging and controlled cooling
    (REDAKCIA KOVOVE MATERIALY) Hocalar, C; Saklakoglu, N; Demirok, S
    This paper encompasses the development of a microstructure-based numerical model (FEM) of the conveyor cooling process after the hot forging of industrial steel with accu-rate predictions of the volume fraction of phases as yield and tensile strengths. An experi-mental procedure for validating the FEM was conducted using optical and scanning electron microscopy and tensile tests. Results showed very good agreement between the phase predic-tions of the 3D FEM model and those obtained from direct measurement of forged parts, with an average error of about 3.6 and 6.9 % for ferrite and pearlite phases, respectively. Tensile test results were evaluated at a 90 % reliability level, and very good agreements were obtained with an error of about 3 and 5 % for the yield and tensile strengths. The methodology could predict the phase transformations, and the mechanical properties during cooling after the hot forging of the steel were investigated.