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A Quasi-likelihood Markov model for the hardenability of steel

Kyösti Huhtala

subject

Materials scienceQuasi-likelihoodThermodynamicsMarkov modelSteel barWater sprayHardenability

description

To evaluate the hardenability of steel the Jominy test can be used. A steel bar of fixed dimensions is heated up to about 850 °C and then quenched from one end by water spray. Its hardness y is then measured at increasing distances d from this quenched end giving observations (d, y(d)), which form the Jominy curve. For each Jominy curve these observations can be fitted by descending curve μ = μ(d; η) with shape parameters η = (η 1,..., η p ) T which are assumed to vary along the alloying elements (C, Mn, Cr etc.).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-09834-8_36