Currently contemplating on buying a software tool which can be of help in alloy design for rail steels. I have come across two software which can be used. ThermoCalc-Prisma and JMatPro.
Between the two which one is better, I have to make a choice. While both of them claim prediction of most of the material property, I have no experience on their ease, usability, predictive capabilities.
Looking for experts opinion on the subject matter as to which software has an edge.
Dear Rajeev,
The following text describes both methods and their uses. Lines with a bold font are important to read.
It seems that the two programs are different and calculate different properties.
TC-PRISMA
TC-PRISMA is a software package which treats concurrent nucleation, growth/dissolution and coarsening under arbitrary heat treatment conditions in multi-component and multi-phase systems using Langer-Schwartz theory and the Kampmann-Wagner numerical approach. TC-PRISMA extends the functionality available through Thermo-Calc and DICTRA and can be used for calculations of:
Concurrent nucleation, growth/dissolution and coarsening of precipitates
Temporal evolution of particle size distribution
Average particle radius and number density
Volume fraction and composition of precipitate
Nucleation rate and coarsening rate
Time-Temperature-Precipitation (TTP) diagrams
Estimation of multi-component interfacial energy
Databases
TC-PRISMA uses the same thermodynamic and kinetic databases as available for Thermo-Calc and DICTRA.
User-Interface
TC-PRISMA offers a user friendly and intuitive Java-based Graphic User Interface (GUI). With only a few clicks and inputs, a simulation can be setup and performed. After the simulation is completed the results can be plotted directly and, if desired, compared with pre-compiled experimental data. The obtained figures can be edited, printed and saved into common graphic formats.
Availability
TC-PRISMA is available as an add-on to a Thermo-Calc license. The current version of TC-PRISMA is available for Microsoft Windows only. Please visit System Requirements for more details.
12-months of free maintenance & support
When purchasing a license for TC-PRISMA, 12-months of free maintenance & support are always included. After this period, it is our recommendation that you renew this subscription to keep receiving automatic updates of the software, as well as to be entitled to have access to our technical support.
JMatPro
JMatPro® is a simulation software which calculates a wide range of materials properties for alloys and is particularly aimed at multi-components alloys used in industrial practice. Using JMatPro you can make calculations for:
Stable and metastable phase equilibrium
Solidification behaviour and properties
Mechanical properties
Thermo-physical and physical properties
Phase transformations
Chemical properties
JMatPro includes a Java based user interface, with calculation modules using C/C++, and will run under any Windows OS (at least Windows 98). It will also run on multi-core machines with 32/64 bits OS.
JMatPro has been designed so that it can be used by any engineer or scientist that requires materials properties as part of their everyday work. To this end, we take great care in the following points:
extensive validation of the models to ensure sound predictions of the properties.
fast and robust calculations.
ease of use due to an intuitive user interface.
extensive on-line help facility.
powerful data management interface in order to browse through calculated properties.
high level of user preferences settings.
Work on JMatPro never stops, we are constantly:
Improving the models we are using.
Extending the existing properties to other materials.
Introducing new properties.
Hoping this will be helpful,
Rafik
hello, with Thermocal also, you can simulate solidification and get the different amount of each phase you're getting in your alloy,
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