Abstract
A modified two-dimensional (2-D) cellular automaton (CA) model was constructed to simulate dynamic recrystallization (DRX) process of GCr15 steel. Particle stimulated nucleation (PSN) was incorporated into the CA model to determine the influence of dispersed particles on the nucleation of DRX. In addition, the model included the effects of particles on increasing the dislocation density and pinning the grain boundaries for accurate determination of micro-structural evolution during DRX. The model was applied to simulate the DRX process of GCr15 bearing steel. DRX grain size and volume fraction were simulated using the CA model. The simulated results indicated that the simulated stable grain size of particle-containing model is closer to measured value than particle-free model. It was observed that DRX kinetics depends on both thermo-mechanical parameters and initial grain sizes. The calculated results were compared with the experimental findings in GCr15 bearing steel, the predictions show very good agreement with the experimental results.
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