Is there a way to simulate surface hardening in SW simulation? I'm sure I would get relatively realistic numbers if I split my part into two and had a thin hard part on top of the rest of the soft part, but was wondering if there was some magical way to do this where I didn't have to split my part.
If it's a linear analysis or more specifically, no plasticity, then the properties are the same and it is just an interpretation thing. If plasticity is included to model different regions with different strengths then you need selectable regions which in SWX means a separate volume. Heat treating only changes the strength not stiffness.
Bill McEachern wrote:
If it's a linear analysis or more specifically, no plasticity, then the properties are the same and it is just an interpretation thing. If plasticity is included to model different regions with different strengths then you need selectable regions which in SWX means a separate volume. Heat treating only changes the strength not stiffness.
Good point, I guess I was making it more difficult than I needed it to be. I can just set the the material strength to what the heat treated version would be and be done with it.
Thanks.
Deformation will be the same.
I do same thing with different Rc 4140.
Hi Matt,
The sort of change in material properties you would get from quenching steel would necessitate the modeling of an outer shell body which you would apply those different material properties to. There isn't currently a way to have the software do this sort of material hardening calculation for you.