Short Time Dilatometry Quench System Analyses

This paper investigates the factors that influence quenching rates and temperature distributions in steel during dilatometry testing. In a prior study, the authors assessed the performance of the cooling system in a widely used dilatometer. The goal of the current work is to develop a cooling strategy that provides more uniform and possibly faster cooling in the same system. Several alternate quench concepts are analyzed, the most promising of which uses water-cooled tubes to deliver high velocity gas through a series of jets axially aligned with the test sample. The proposed cooling apparatus and its effect on the induction heating process are assessed using CFD, electromagnetic, and thermal analyses.