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Version 15.0

NEW FEATURES

• added choice between martensitic, bainitic and pearlitic microstructure in the tempered hardness calculation for General Steels
• added secondary phases consideration in Advanced CCT and Hardenability calculations for General Steels
• added calculation of physical and mechanical properties under room temperature for all materials
• added calculation of magnetic permeability in General Steels Quench Properties
• added choice between annealed and tempered condition in High Temperature Strength for Stainless Steels
• added new variable Bar Radius in Grossmann hardenability of General Steels
• added display of weight fractions in back diffusion profile plot
• added an expert mode in options for user settings
• added Bainite and Martensite start temperature to calibration of General Steels TTT
• added a warning message about using high transformation fractions in General Steels Quick TTT/CCT
• more robust General Steels solidification calculation if only Ferrite is present in the mushy zone
• more robust General Steels and Stainless Steels solidification calculation
• more robust Heat Treatment calculation for Ni alloys
• improved axis labelling in General Steels hardenability plots
• improved label for High Temperature Strength plots
• improved strength conversion in input for High Temperature Strength calculation of Stainless Steels
• improved consistency in Ni Superalloys "Heat Treatment" calculation for alloys containing Boron
• improved appearance of list of properties when folding properties' groups
• improved stress-strain calculation for High Temperature Strength in tempered General Steels
• improved phases mapping in isopleth calculations
• improved cast strength calculation for Mg alloys

DATABASES CHANGES

• overall check and clean-up of all thermodynamic databases (Fe,Al,Mg,Ni,Co,Cu,Ti,Zr and Solder Alloys)
• new assessment of AlCuFeNi systems in Cu thermodynamic database
• addition of Si3N4 phase to Fe thermodynamic database (for SIMHEAT export use)
• addition of Nb to the Al thermodynamic database
• addition of Ti to the Cu thermodynamic database with phases Cu4Ti and CuNiTi
• adjusted (Fe,Ni)Al phase in Fe thermodynamic database
• adjusted Mo in LAVES phases in Ni and Co thermodynamic databases
• adjusted Ni and Co in FCC contribution to molar volume
• extended properties of SiC phase

EXPORT CHANGES

• new AFDEX heat treatment export
• improved Transvalor-Steel and THERCAST export for hypereutectoid steels
• added hardness data to DEFORM-HT export
• improved SIMHEAT nitriding and carbo-nitriding export
• added option of non-treatable alloys in Sysweld export for Aluminium Alloys
• removed potential double point in Sysweld export for Aluminium Alloys
• changed the order in temperature of physical properties order in DEFORM-HT/DEFORM-Forming to avoid data interpolation issues
• corrected unit of electrical conductivity in export to COMSOL-Multiphysics
• extended phase transformations and magnetic permeability in COMSOL-Multiphysics export
• added an option to only export small strain points in General Steels export to Heat Treatment packages

BUG FIXES

• fixed potential saving of un-calibrated data to a calibrated General Steels material file
• fixed calculation of Al cast strength T5 temper
• fixed Flow Limit Diagram calculations for Co alloys
• fixed a potential failure in High Temperature Strength calculation
• fixed export options not all shown under certain conditions
• fixed phases colours choice not respected in General Steels hardenability plot
• fixed potential failure in solidification calculation for heavily alloyed Ti alloys
• fixed ASTM grain size use in Austenite flow stress in General Steels
• fixed limit of graph to the maximum temperature chosen instead of the heat treatment temperature in High Temperature Strength and Flow Stress Analysis of Ni,Ti,Co alloys and Stainless Steels
• fixed failing calculation of TTP for Stainless Steels and General Steels
• fixed wrong grain size indication in the results of room temperature strength of Ti alloys if only Beta is present
• fixed input window getting too large