A model for the sintering and coarsening of rows of spherical particles

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-61

  Parhami, F ^a   McMeeking, R M ^b   Cocks, A C F ^c   Suo, Z ^d  

^a CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SINTERING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COARSENING; SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0032778074     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(98)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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