Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of a low-carbon quenching and partitioning steel after partial and full austenitization

In this work, low-carbon steel specimens were subjected to the quenching and partitioning process after being partially or fully austenitized to investigate their microstructural evolution and mechanical properties. According to the results of scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy observations, X-ray diffraction analysis, and tensile tests, upper bainite or tempered martensite appears successively in the microstructure with increasing austenitization temperature or increasing partitioning time. In the partially austenitized specimens, the retained austenite grains are carbon-enriched twice during the heat treatment, which can significantly stabilize the phases at room temperature. Furthermore, after partial austenitization, the specimen exhibits excellent elongation, with a maximum elongation of 37.1%. By contrast, after full austenitization, the specimens exhibit good ultimate tensile strength and high yield strength. In the case of a specimen with a yield strength of 969 MPa, the maximum value of the ultimate tensile strength reaches 1222 MPa. During the partitioning process, carbon partitioning and carbon homogenization within austenite affect interface migration. In addition, the volume fraction and grain size of retained austenite observed in the final microstructure will also be affected.

MICROSCOPIC KINETICS OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM SOLIDIFICATION

Theoretical model for non -equilibrium solidification is constructed with consideration of diffuse interface and multiphase fluctuation. It can he degenerated to Aziz continuous growth model in the case of mono-atomic approximation. for large undercooling, the change of heat capacity should not he neglected and it usually gives an increase in the interface partition coefficient. Solute trapping may happen at a rather slow growth rate compared with that predicted by other models, because the undercooling and structural relaxation ahead of the S/ L interface lowers the interfacial diffusivity to a great extent. Plase fluctuation has two contending effects, decrease in energy barrier and increase in atomic dragging, therefore exerts dual influences on the partition coefficient.

An Improved 3-D Ray Tracing Method Using Linear Traveltime Interpolation

An approach of three-dimensional seismic ray tracing is presented,which is derived from adopting two-dimensional linear traveltime interpolation（LTI）.By adjusting the forward process using the partition of grid interface,and backward step by considering more directions,the new approach is suitable for the application of three-dimensional models.The calculation results show that,with the same accuracy,the improved 3-D method is much faster than the method of traditional LTI directly applied in the three-dimensional case.

A new method to retrieve aerosol optical thickness from satellite images on a parallel system

A wide variety of algorithms have been developed to monitor aerosol burden from satellite images. Still, few solutions currently allow for real-time and efficient retrieval of aerosol optical thickness （AOT）, mainly due to the extremely large volume of computation necessary for the numeric solution of atmospheric radiative transfer equations. Taking into account the efforts to exploit the SYNergy of Terra and Aqua Modis （SYNTAM, an AOT retrieval algorithm）, we present in this paper a novel method to retrieve AOT from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer （MODIS） satellite images, in which the strategy of block partition and collective communication was taken, thereby maximizing load balance and reducing the overhead time during inter-processor communication. Experiments were carried out to retrieve AOT at 0.44, 0.55, and 0.67μm of MODIS/Terra and MODIS/Aqua data, using the parallel SYNTAM algorithm in the IBM System Cluster 1600 deployed at China Meteorological Administration （CMA）. Results showed that parallel implementation can greatly reduce computation time, and thus ensure high parallel efficiency. AOT derived by parallel algorithm was validated against measurements from ground-based sun-photometers; in all cases, the relative error range was within 20%, which demonstrated that the parallel algorithm was suitable for applications such as air quality monitoring and climate modeling.