The most common methodology to describe the complex phenomena occurring during quenching operations is based on measuring cooling curves inside metal test probes instrumented with thermocouples. There are many variants regarding specimen shape, although the preferred shape is a flat-end cylindrical probe. However, mathematical and physical modeling studies, carried out under isothermal conditions, regarding the hydrodynamic behavior of the quenchant around flat-end cylindrical probes suggest that this type of probe should not be recommended for studies quenching. In this paper, we study fluid dynamics around an instrumented flat-end cylindrical probe, both under isothermal (un-heated probe) and non-isothermal conditions (probe heated to 900 ºC and cooled in water at 60 ºC). For this purpose, water at 60°C was used as cooling fluid; three free-stream water velocities (0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 m/s) were studied. Visualization techniques using a high-speed camera and optical filters were applied to characterize the flow around the probe and, at the same time, thermal histories were measured within the probe. The results show that fluid dynamics under non-isothermal conditions is very different from that under isothermal conditions; therefore, it is not advisable to directly correlate fluid dynamics around metal probes characterized under isothermal conditions with cooling curves or the evolution of the wetting front during an actual quench. Keywords: quenching, cooling curves, flat-end cylindrical probe, wetting front, fluid dynamics. ResumenLa metodología más común para describir los fenómenos complejos que ocurren durante las operaciones de temple se basa en la medición de curvas de enfriamiento. Existen variantes de la forma de la probeta, aunque la forma preferida es cilíndrica de base plana. Sin embargo, estudios de modelado físico y matemático realizados en condiciones isotérmicas respecto al comportamiento hidrodinámico del fluido de temple alrededor de las probetas cilíndricas de base plana, sugieren que este tipo de probetas no es recomendable para estudios de temple. En este artículo, se estudia la dinámica de fluidos alrededor de una probeta cilíndrica de base plana bajo condiciones isotérmicas (probeta sin calentar) y no-isotérmicas (probeta calentada a 900 ºC y enfriada en agua a 60 ºC). Para este propósito, se usó agua a 60°C como fluido de enfriamiento; se estudiaron tres valores de velocidad de corriente libre (0.2, 0.4 y 0.6 m/s). Se utilizó una cámara de alta velocidad y filtros ópticos para caracterizar el flujo alrededor de la probeta y, al mismo tiempo, se midieron historias térmicas al interior de la misma. Los resultados muestran que la dinámica de fluidos en condiciones no-isotérmicas es muy diferente a la que ocurre en condiciones isotérmicas; por consiguiente, no es aconsejable correlacionar la dinámica de fluidos en condiciones isotérmicas, con curvas de enfriamiento o con el frente de mojado en un temple real. Palabras
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