INTEGRATION OF THERMASTRESS THEORY WITH T.T.T. RECRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS

THIS PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO COMPLETE INTEGRATION, ON A THEORETICAL LEVEL, OF THE NEW INNOVATIVE THERMASTRESS PROCESS (TSP) WITH THE PRESENT TIME TEMPERATURETRANSFORMATION KNOWLEDGE. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT WILL FURTHER FACILITATE ATTAINMENT OF PRECURSOR STEEL PRODUCTS SIGNIFICANTLY SURPASSING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THOSE PRESENTLY ATTAINABLE. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN PHASE II OF NSF SBIR PROGRAM MEA-8214345 (PRESENTLY BECOMING COMMERCIALIZED THROUGH PHASE III) THAT A WIDE RANGE OF DESIRABLE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES CAN BE OBTAINED SELECTIVELY BY APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENT OF TSP VARIABLES. THIS, HOWEVER, REQUIRED A LABORIOUS ACQUISITION OF EMPIRICAL DATA FOR EACH MATERIAL. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL GREATLY ACCELERATE THE COMPILING OF SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTER INTEGRATED CONTROLS FOR THE TMT MIMIPLANTS BY ANTICIPATING THE RESULTS OF THE VAST AMOUNT OFEMPIRICAL DATA WHICH OTHERWISE MUST BE GENERATED. THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TOTHE BASIC BODY OF KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO BEHAVIOR OF STEEL AND STEEL ALLOYS. IN TERMS OF KINETICS OF RECRYSTALLIZATIONUNDER CONDITIONS OF IMPOSED MECHANICAL DEFORMATION.