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# Mat\_Simulator\_format1\_rate-temperature.INP

```
** Title description (Fixed File Format for Line Numbers): 
 MAT_Simulator input format version: a3       
** Material type: Steel(1) Aluminum(2) Nickel(3) 
 1
** Material Name (MAT) 
 STEEL_U41XX 
** Volume Fractions of Initial Phases (Austenite VF is 1.0- SUM(FPBMTM)) 
** Ferr,  Pear,  UBain,  LBain,  Mart,  TMart 
 0.0,  0.0,   0.0,  0.0,  1.0,  0.0
** Grain size (mm) and Alloy Composition (wt%) 
**-GS:1, Mn:3, Si:4, Ni:5, Cr:6, Mo:7, Cu:8,  V:9, P:10, Nb:11, Al:12, Ti:13,  W:14, Co:15,  B:16,  N:17  
  0.0635, 0.85, 0.23, 0.05, 0.9, 0.2, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 
** Defining Carbon and Nitrogen (Lines 13-->24)   
** Total Carbon Content in Percentage 
  0.20
** Carbon Percentage in Iron Carbide   
  0.0
** Size (nm) of Iron Carbide 
  0.0
** Carbon Percentage in Alloy Precipitate 
  0.0
** Size (nm) of Alloy Precipitate  
  0.5
** Total Nitrogen Content in Percentage  
  0.0
** Nitrogen Percentage in Nitride A  
  0.0
** Nitrogen Percentage in Nitride B  
  0.0
** Max. Allowed Time Increment size in s (T_INCREMENT)  
  10.0
** Defining Time-Temperature Curve (Lines 28-->End)  
** Type of Time-Temperature Curve (IRATE): 0; Rate Based: 1  
  1
** If IRATE=1, defining (Rate, StepTime), with defining initial temeprature first (Line 30)   
** Initial Temperature  
  20.0
** Number of Points defining Rate and StepTime (Rate, StepTime)  
  2
** Defining (Rate, Target-Temp, StepTime)  
100.0, 900.0, 900.0  
-10.0, 20.0, 1000.0  
**End-Of-File
```