In this thesis, we investigated the influence of precipitation kinetics, waiting times before deformation and solute drag on the kinetics of static recrystallization. The simulations were carried out using the precipitation of niobium carbide in a model high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel as an example. The program consists of precipitation and a recrystallization model. The latter also includes the model for solute drag. Both models are based on the Mean-Field theory. The model explicitly considers the influence of precipitation via Zener pressure and solute drag on a high-angle grain boundary mobility. The simulations were performed in three parts. In the first part, we eliminated the influence of precipitation and solute drag. In the second part, the influence of precipitation was considered, and in the last one, we also included solute drag. The evolution of microstructure was simulated considering different input parameters, such as temperature, initial grain size, strain rate, the concentration of niobium, and at different waiting times before deformation. The results of the simulations were analyzed and compared. The results in terms of solute drag were compared with the work of other authors where we found that the model works and gives comparable results.
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