Monte-Carlo Modeling of Grain Growth of Plain Carbon Strip Steel Q235 during Heating Process
The grain growth kinetics of Q235 during reheating process was studied with Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. Heating process was performed at 1223K, 1273K, 1323K, 1373K, 1473K and 1523K for 10s, 20s, 40s, 80s, 120s, respectively. Samples were tested on Gleeble 1500 thermal simulation tester. The experimental results were analyzed regressively to obtain grain growth kinetics equation. The kinetics equation of Q235 was introduced to MC simulation to simulate the microstructure evolution and compute the average grain size at different step during heating process. MC simulation results showed the grain distribution under different time and the grain growth is in consistent with physical simulation. The simulation results also can help to set processing parameters during reheating of ingot.