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VERSION 10.0

• Extended back diffusion calculations in the Solver and Solidification modules to consider user-defined cooling profiles.

• Extended the calculation of room-temperature matrix mechanical properties in Coldfire for magnesium and copper alloys.

• Extended Mechanical module for cast magnesium alloys, including the calculation of room-temperature and high-temperature strength, as well as flow stress curves.

• Extended Mechanical module for copper alloys, including the calculation of high-temperature strength and flow stress curves.

• Extended high-temperature strength and flow stress calculations in the Mechanical module for titanium alloys in the tempered condition.

• Extended the calculation of tempered hardness to consider general steels of quenched microstructure.

• Added time to the output of back diffusion calculations in the Solver and Solidification modules.

• Added the option of toggling phase boundaries search in Solidification calculations using the quench from equilibrium model, via the Solver function jmpSetPhaseBoundariesSearch().

• Added function to define the casting cooling rate used in Mechanical calculations for cast aluminium and magnesium alloys.

• Improved robustness of Scheil-Gulliver calculations with and without back diffusion.

• Improved Solidification and Cooling calculations for general steels and titanium alloys.

• Improved high-temperature strength calculations for aluminium alloys.

• Updated the thermodynamic and properties databases to match those included in JMatPro v16.0.

• Added Ta and B to stainless steels.

• Added Co and S to copper alloys.

• Added BN, M3B2, MB2_C32, CR2B, FE2B, and FE3B phases to stainless steel thermodynamic database.

• Added CO_HCP, CO_FCC, and CU2S phases to Cu thermodynamic database.

• Adjusted physical properties databases.

• Fixed possible failure in Cooling calculations when setting multiple constant cooling rates.

• Fixed possible issue in Cooling calculations for general steels with user-defined cooling profiles.

• Fixed possible issue in Cooling calculations for fully martensitic titanium alloys.

• Fixed possible issue in the high-temperature strength of tempered general steels with lean compositions.

• Fixed possible issues in strength calculations for aluminium alloys.

• Fixed possible failure in creep calculations for nickel alloys and addressed inconsistency issues with rupture calculations.

• Fixed possible failure in Heat Treatment calculations for nickel and nickel-iron based superalloys.

• Fixed small inconsistencies in TTT calculations for general steels.

• Fixed small renormalisation issues for titanium and copper alloys when secondary phases are present.

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VERSION 9.1 

• Extended TTT and CCT modules for stainless steels, nickel and nickel-iron based superalloys, single crystals, as well as aluminium, magnesium, cobalt, titanium, and zirconium alloys
• Extended Mechanical module with the calculation of flow stress per phase for general steels
• Moved jmpSetPhasesCheck() to the Core module
• Updated Python sample code to run on version 3.12
• Fixed memory deallocation mismatch causing a crash when running sequential Solver calculations
• Fixed missing microstructure labelling causing a crash in flow stress calculations for stainless steels
• Fixed material type labelling for consistency in heat treatment calculations for nickel-iron based superalloys

VERSION 9.0

• Extended the calculation of physical, thermophysical and mechanical properties below room temperature
• Added Heat Treatment module for the calculation of microstructural evolution and room-temperature strength following heat treatment of nickel and nickel-iron based superalloys
• Added secondary phases in the calculation of CCT diagrams of general steels, including the contribution of carbides to the strength
• Extended the calibration of TTT/CCT diagrams of general steels to include shifts in bainite and martensite start temperatures
• Added atomic and weight phase fractions to the output of cooling and quench solidification calculations
• Added magnetic permeability to the output of cooling and quench solidification calculations for general steels
• Added phase boundaries search in Solidification calculations using the quench from equilibrium model
• Improved robustness of automatic extraction of austenitisation temperature in quench solidification calculations for general steels
• Extended high-temperature strength and flow stress calculations in the Mechanical module for stainless steels in the tempered condition
• Improved flow stress calculations for general steels in the tempered condition
• Extended the calculation of tempered hardness to consider general steels of martensitic, bainitic and pearlitic microstructures
• Changed high-temperature strength calculation strategy to make sure output respects user choice of maximum temperature
• Improved phase mapping to deal with hanging and labelling issues
• Changed stacking-fault energy calculation to prevent negative values
• Updated the thermodynamic and properties databases to match those included in JMatPro v15.0
• Added Nb to aluminium alloys
• Added Ti to copper alloys
• Added Si3N4 phase to Fe thermodynamic database
• Adjusted (Fe,Ni)Al phase in Fe thermodynamic database
• Added Cu4Ti and CuNiTi phases to Cu thermodynamic database
• Reassessed AlCuFeNi systems in the Cu 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
• Fixed possible failure in Solidification calculations using the quench from back diffusion model for steels, when ferrite fully transforms to austenite in a single temperature step below the solidus
• Fixed possible failure in Solidification calculations for heavily alloyed titanium alloys
• Fixed possible failure in high-temperature strength calculations

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Version 8.1

• Implemented a more efficient algorithm to accelerate the calculation of flow stress curves.

• Improved calculation of the elastic limit point in stress-strain curves.

• Improved model and fixed inconsistencies in strength calculations for aluminium alloys.

Version 8.0.1

• corrected typo in parameter for mechanical properties of some Aluminium alloys

Version 8.0

• Implemented a back diffusion model for steels in the Solver and Solidification modules.
• Extended the Solidification module with a quench from back diffusion model for steels and titanium alloys, improved existing quench models, and implemented a variant of the quench from Scheil-Gulliver model for titanium alloys.
• Added specific heat and latent heat of formation for each of the austenite decomposition products to the output of a Solidification calculation using the quench from Scheil-Gulliver model for steels and white cast irons.
• Extended the Cooling module for titanium alloys.
• Extended high-temperature strength and flow stress calculations in the Mechanical module for general steels in the tempered condition.
• Improved calculation of latent heat of formation of ferrite from austenite.
• Reassessed creep for BCC phase in steels.
• Improved creep and rupture strength models for nickel-based alloys.
• Added new dislocation cutting mechanism in aluminium alloys kinetics.
• Remodelled age hardening for Al3Sc phase in aluminium alloys.
• Improved stability of the thermodynamic solver.
• Updated the thermodynamic and properties databases to match those included in JMatPro v14.0.
• Adjusted the Al thermodynamic database.
• Reassessed molar volume of Ti2Cu and Ti2Ni phases for titanium alloys.
• Fixed possible failure in aluminium strength calculations.
• Fixed possible failure in high-temperature strength calculations for general steels.